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MALIGNANT DISEASE
(a) All sites. The 394 deaths in 1959 from malignant disease showed the
following age, sex and site distribution:-
Age group
Stomach
Lung,
bronchus
Breast
Uterus
Other
Totals
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
Under 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1-4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5-14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15-24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
25-44
1
1
3
2
-
2
-
1
7
5
22
45-64
10
7
41
3
1
21
-
4
23
27
137
65-74
10
11
32
2
-
4
-
5
40
31
135
75 and upwards
9
7
13
4
-
8
-
2
25
30
98
Totals
30
26
89
11
1
35
-
12
96
94
394
(b) Lung and bronchus. The following tables give details of the deaths
and death rates from cancer of the lung and bronchus since 1946:-
Year
Male
Female
Total
Fate per 1,000
population
1946
47
12
59
0.35
1947
44
9
53
0.30
1948
47
20
67
0.39
1949
53
16
69
0.40
1950
60
8
68
0.39
1951
66
13
79
0.46
1952
62
16
78
0.46
1953
78
14
92
0.54
1954
75
11
86
0.51
1955
60
15
75
0.45
1956
76
8
84
0.51
1957
96
16
112
0.68
1958
85
13
98
0.60
1959
89
11
100
0.61
Comparative death rates per 1,000 population from malignant disease of
lung and bronchus since 1950:-
Year
Hackney
County of
London
Engl and
& Wales
1950
0. 39
0.43
0.28
1951
0. 46
0.46
0.30
1952
0. 46
0.48
0.32
1953
0.54
0.51
0.34
1954
0.51
0.54
0.37
1955
0. 45
0.57
0.39
1956
0,51
0.58
0.41
1957
0.68
0.61
0.43
1958
0.60
0.64
0.44
1959
0.61
0.64
0.46