[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C.

  • Gainsborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Gainsborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS 1969 Mid-year population 17,680 Live births 333 Stillbirths 5 Infant deaths under 4 weeks of age ... 3 Total deaths 238 1970 17,660 320 4 2 262 ] Legitimat( Illegitimate 1 1 TOTAL Male Female Total Male Female Total Live births 146 146 292 15 13 28 320 Stillbirths 2 2 4 — — — 4 Infant deaths under i year 2 2 4 I I 2 6 Infant deaths under 4 weeks I I 2 — — — 2 Infant deaths under i week I I 2 - ' 2 Crude birth rate Corrected birth rate * Stillbirth rate Infant mortality rate Legitimate Infant mortality rate Illegitimate Infant mortality rate Neonatal mortality rate Early Neonatal mortality Perinatal mortality rate Illegitimacy rate Crude death rate Corrected death rate * Gainsborough U.D. England and Wales 1969 1970 1970 18.8 18.1 16.0 19.7 19.0 (16.0) 15.0 12.0 13.0 12.0 19.0 18.0 13.0 14.0 17.0 — 71.0 26.0 9.0 6.0 12.0 9.0 6.0 11.0 24.0 19.0 23.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 13.5 14.8 11.7 11.5 12.4 (11.7) * These corrections take account of the different proportions of old and young people in the area, and make the resulting rate comparable with that for England and Wales. Thus, a resort to which old people retire would have a high crude rate, but low comparability factor would correct the false impression that this was an unhealthy area. The comparability factor for births in this district is 1.05 and for deaths .84.
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