[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • Neumeister, Fritz, 1922-
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A table giving particulars of the causes of death in age groups appears on page 16. This table uses the international categories adopted by the Registrar-General. The numbers of deaths in each sex and the percentage of total deaths in various age groups are shown below. No less than 79.1 per cent of all deaths occurred at the age of 65 and over. Fifty years ago, the corresponding percentage was 44.9. Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and under 75 75 and over All ages Males . 70 10 14 20 68 540 833 1,195 2,750 Females 37 7 10 5 58 409 760 1,939 3,225 Total 107 17 24 25 126 949 1,593 3,134 5,975 Percentage of total ... 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.1 15.9 26.7 52.4 100.0 Tuberculosis Deaths As will be seen from the following table, there were 17 deaths from respiratory disease and 4 deaths from non-respiratory disease (com¬ pared with 26 and 4 in 1960) and these gave death rates of 0.04 and 0.01 a 1,000 population. The corresponding national rates were 0.07 and 0.007. Ages Respiratory Non-Respiratory Total Male Female Male Female 0-15 ... - (-) - (-) - (-) - (A - (-) 15-25 ... - (-) - (A - (-) - (1) - (1) 25-45 ... 3 (-) - (2) - 0) - (-) 3 (3) 45-65 ... 6 (8) 1 (3) - (-) - (-) 7(11) 65-75 ... 2 (8) 1 (A - 0) 3 (-) 6 (9) 75- 2 (2) 2 (3) - (-) 1 (1) 5 (6) Total ... 13 (18) 4 (8) - (2) 4 (2) 21 (30) Note: The figures in brackets relate to 1960. The numbers of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis during the past ten years are given on page 18. In the years 1952/53, 100 persons died from tuberculosis. Despite the rapidly increasing population, in 1960/61 this number had fallen to 51. During the past ten years, the trend towards an increasing average age at death from tuberculosis has continued. In 1952/53, 22 per cent of the deaths were of persons over the age of 65; this percentage rose to 51 in the years 1960/61.