[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mortality at different ages from various causes. The details supplied by the Registrar General are shewn on Table 3 at the end ofi this report. The principal causes of death in the County during 1962 were as follows, the figures for 1960 and 1961 being also given. (and percentage of total deaths) •50% 1960 1961 1962 7 52 23 1,679 1,720 1,715 162 170 177 180 178 182 178 232 213 40 44 33 14 12 15 782 796 791 718 691 751 42 37 33 Influenza Heart Diseases Other circulatory diseases Bronchitis Pneumonia Congenital Malformations Tuberculosis of the respiratory system Cancer, malignant disease Vascular lesions of the nervous system Nephritis and nephrosis The position in the various sanitary districts is set out fully in Tables 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. Whereas in 1938, 11 deaths were ascribed to diphtheria, one was allocated to this cause in the years 1948, 1949 and 1957, two in 1953 and none in the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962. 36-94% 3-81% 3- 92% 4- 59% •71% •32% 17-04% 16-17% •71% CANCER, MALIGNANT DISEASE. Cancer was responsible for 791 deaths in the Riding in 1962, and the following tabular statement shows the position for the last ten years :— Total Number of Deaths Urban Rural Death rate per 1,000 population Urban Rural England Year County Districts Districts County Districts Districts & Wales 1953 .. 696 442 254 1-84 2-16 147 1 -99 1954 . .. 674 401 273 1-77 1 *95 1-55 2-04 1955 .. 723 435 288 1-88 2-10 1 -62 2-06 1956 .. 756 458 298 1-95 2-20 1-66 2-07 1957 .. 703 421 282 1-82 2-02 1-59 2-09 1958 .. 797 463 334 2-06 2-21 1-87 2-12 1959 .. 739 426 313 1-89 2-02 1-74 2-14 1960 .. 782 488 294 1-96 2-27 1-60 2-15 1961 .. 796 490 306 1-99 2-24 1 69 2-16 1962 .. 791 487 304 1-94 2-19 1 64 2-18 Heart Diseases. The deaths classified to the heart diseases are shown in the following Table, the death rates per 1,000 of the estimated population, and the corresponding figures for the previous five years :— Coronary Disease and Hypertension with Other Total Angina Heart Disease Heart Disease all forms Year No. of Death No. of Death No. of Death No. of Death deaths rate deaths rate deaths rate deaths rate 1957 .. 750 1-94 96 •25 807 2-09 1,653 4-28 1958 .. 819 2-12 93 •24 839 2-16 1,751 4-52 1959 .. 793 2-03 68 •17 740 1-89 1,601 4-10 1960 .. 853 2-14 73 •18 753 1-89 1,679 4-22 1961 .. 922 2-30 72 •18 726 1-82 1,720 4-30 1962 .. 945 2-32 59 •14 711 1-75 1,715 4-21