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Heston and Isleworth 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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TABLE IV.

CAUSES OF DEATH ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX, 1950

Abbrev. List No.Cause GroupsAll AgesAge in Years
Under 11-22-33-44-55-910-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-69! 70-7475-7980-8485 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
B 1Tuberculosis of respiratory system2115--------------1--1-41211--41225-3---1l 3-1 1----
B 2Tuberculosis, other forms------------------------------------3---------
B 3Syphilis and its sequelae31--------------------------------------------
B 4Typhoid fever----------------------------------------------
B 5Chopera----------------------------------------------
B 6Dysentery, all forms----------------------------------------------
B7Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat----------------------------------------------
B 8Diphtheria----------------------------------------------
B 9Whooping Cough----------------------------------------------
B 10Meningococcal infections----------------------------------------------
B 11Plague----------------------------------------------
B 12Acute poliomyelitis----------------------------------------------
-Smallpox----------------------------------------------
B 14Measles----------------------------------------------
B 15Typhus and other rickettsial diseases----------------------------------------------
B 16Malaria----------------------------------------------
B 17Other infective and parasitic diseases21--------------------------111---------------
B 18Malignant neoplasms—stomach---------------------------------21l2-1111-1-6
-lungs244---------------------1------2-4171315------1
-breast-18---------------1---------1-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-1--
-uterus-12-------------------------1---4-4---2-----1--
-other sites5348------------------1-------22234636789512115313
-leukaemia, etc.23--------------------------------------------
B 19Benign and unspecified neoplasms34-----------------------------11-1-----1--1--
B 20Diabetes13-------------------------------------111----
B 21Anaemias----------------------------------------------
B 22Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system4889------------------------113575266587612424713311
B 23Non-meningococcal meningitis-1-1------------------------------------------
B 24Rheumatic fever11--------------------------------------------
B 25Chronic rheumatic heart disease520-----------------2-------2-311--121212-112-1
B 26Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart disease—----------------------------------------------
-coronary disease, angina7949------------------------7-3110271145991312865835
-other5467--------------------------------3292968151419923
B 27Other diseases of the heart1221-----------------------------------2243-25-5
B 28Hypertension with heart disease1710------------------------------21214112442-11
B 29Hypertension without mention of heart92--------------------------------3-2-1--121--
B 30Influenza44--------------------------------------------
B 31Pneumonia151521----------------------------11-11-12336215
B 32Bronchitis4423-1--------------1-----1-1---415-619276524614
B 33Ulcer of stomach and duodenum73--------------------------------21211------1
B 34Appendicitis21--------------------------------------------
B 35Intestinal obstruction and hernia.62------------------------------------1---11--
B 36Gastritis, enteritis, colitis, etc.533----------------------------------1-111--1-
B 37Cirrhosis of liver----------------------------------------------
B 38Nephritis and nephrosis84----------------------------1-12-----1-13---
B 39Hyperplasia of prostate----------------------------------------------
B 40Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium-1--------------------------------------------
B 41Congenital malformations86421--------------------2-----121------------
B 42Birth injuries, post-natal asphyxia, atelectasis5656------------------------------------------
B 43Infections of the new born----------------------------------------------
B 44Immaturity and other diseases peculiar to early infancy3131------------------------------------------
B 45Senility, ill-defined and unknown causes—senility812--------------------------------------134237
-ill-defined causes44--------------------------------------22---2
B 46Other circulatory diseases713---------------------------------132-22221-3
-Other respiratory diseases25-------------------------------11----1--1---
BE 47All other diseases1925-----------------21-111-1-131221323126141211
BE 47Motor vehicle accidents146----1----1-12-----1-2-----2-2-----1---2211--
BE 48All other accidents719-------1-1-1-------------13---1--1-1--131515
BE 49Suicide----------------------------------------------
-Self-inflicted injury41------------------------------------1-------
BE 50Homicide----------------------------------------------
-Operartions of war----------------------------------------------
ALL CAUSES52853618121-1-11-2-32-41263654762210241947294032613873446570659362762584
1064301122325899133243767299117135158138109
-Percentage of total deaths from all causes2.810.090.090.190.190.280.191 0.470.750.850.851.213.004.047.056.779.3010.9912.6914.8512.9710.25