[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C.
- Sedgefield (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DEATHS — ALL AGES The death rate is again higher than the rate for England and Wales and also above the 1958 rate. Causes of Death. Male Female Percentage of total. Tuberculosis, respiratory 4 — 0.8 „ Non-respiratory — — — Syphilitic disease 1 — 0.2 Diphtheria — — — Whooping cough — — — Meningococcal infection — — — Acute poliomyelitis . — — — Measles . — — — Other infective and parasitic diseases — 1 0.2 Malignant neoplasm, stomach 8 4 2.5] „ „ lungs, bronchus 17 2 3.9 „ „ breast — 6 1.2 \ 16.7 „ „ uterus — 1 0.2 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 27 16 i 8.9J Leukaemia, aleukaemia . — 3 0.6 Diabetes — 1 0.2 Vascular lesions of nervous system 29 34 12.9] Coronary disease, angina. 58 39 20.01 Hypertension with heart disease ... 10 7 3.5 > 60.2 Other heart disease. 35 54 18.41 Other circulatory disease. 17 9 5.4J Influenza 2 1 0.6 Pneumonia 8 8 3.1 Bronchitis 4 4 1.7 Other diseases of respiratory system 2 2 0.8 Ulcer, stomach and duodenum ... 1 — 0.2 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea ... 2 1 0.6 Nephritis and nephrosis . 3 2 1.0 Hyperplasia of prostate . — — — Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion ... — — — Congenital malformations 3 3 1.2 Other defined and ill-defined diseases 14 17 6.4 Motor Vehicle accidents . 6 — 1.2 All other accidents 9 7 3.3 Suicide 2 1 0.6 Homicide and operations of war ... — — — ALL CAUSES 262 223 A scrutiny of the above table will show that coronary disease caused the largest number of deaths, with heart disease in second place. In previous years heart disease has been the largest cause with coronary disease second. Diseases of heart and arteries grouped together accounted for 60 per cent, of the total deaths. The third largest single cause was malignant disease, which showed a considerable increase in deaths from lung cancer, but a slight drop in all other forms of the disease.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30076432_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
