Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Territory of New Guinea / Commonwealth of Australia.

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[1961]
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Credit: Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the administration of the Territory of New Guinea / Commonwealth of Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX XIX—continued. 7. Incidence of the Principal Diseases Treated and the Principal Causes of Death in Administration Hospitals and Important Case Mortality Rates in Percentages for the Year 1960-61. International Code Group Classification. Disease or Injury. Number of Admissions. Percentage of Total Admissions. Number of Deaths. Percentage of Total Deaths. Deaths as a Percentage of Admissions. I. Infective and parasitic diseases 20,022 25.96 515 26.42 2.57 of which— Malaria 10,117 13.11 105 5.39 1 .04 Tuberculosis . 1,837 2.38 118 6.05 6.42 Leprosy 798 1.04 13 .67 1.63 Dysentery, all forms .. 1,244 1.61 117 6.00 9.41 Diseases due to helminths 1,613 2.09 4 .20 .25 II. Neoplasms 530 .69 77 3.95 14 53 of which— Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haematopoietictissues 374 .48 74 3 80 19.79 Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of un- specified nature 156 .20 3 . 15 1 .92 III. & IV. . . Allergic, endocrine system, metabolic and nu- tritional diseases. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 2,075 2 69 60 3 08 2 89 of which— Avitaminosis, malnutrition and other de- ficiency states 989 1.28 36 1.85 3.64 V. Mental, psychoneurotic and personality dis- orders 210 .27 VI. Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 3,561 4.62 58 2.97 1 63 of which— Inflammatory diseases of the eye 1,584 2 05 Otitis media and mastoiditis 877 1.14 1 .05 .11 VII. Diseases of the circulatory system 396 .51 72 3 69 18 18 VIII. Diseases of the respiratory system 15,870 20 57 620 31.82 3.91 of which— Pneumonia .. 7,909 10 25 580 29.76 7.33 Acute upper respiratory tract infections . . 3,609 4.68 3 .16 .08 IX. Diseases of the digestive system 5,509 7.14 173 8.88 3.14 of which— Gastroenteritis and colitis, except diarrhoea of the new-born 3,672 4.76 70 3.59 1.91 X. Diseases of the genitourinary system . . 1,718 2.23 59 3.03 3.43 XI. Deliveries and complication of pregnancy, child- birth and the puerperium . . 4,020 5.21 35 1.80 .87 XII. & XIII. Diseases of the skin and cellular tissue. Diseases of the bones and organs of movement 11,316 14.67 4 .20 .04 of which— Infections of skin and sub-cutaneous tissue 5,194 6.73 1 .05 .02 XV. Certain disease of early infancy 1,279 1.66 185 9.49 14.46 XIV. & XVI. Congenital malformations. Symptons, senility and ill-defined conditions . . 3,341 4.33 48 2.46 1.44 XVII. Accidents, poisonings and violence 7,289 9.45 43 2.21 .59 77,136 100.00 1,949 100.00 2.53