[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.

  • Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Illegitimate births (live and still) - Percentage of Total Births 1066 1q6U I960 4.9 6.93 Maternal mortality (deaths from pregnancy or childbirth) 19 6 H 3.96 s ]_ - DEATHS 10 os 10 C'f- lyoo Males 311 292 Female s °SU 977 Total 56^ 569 Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population: 19 69 1966 Crude 12.93 13.09 Adjusted 11.33 11.59 7.3 IQ 66 CHIEF CAUSES OF DEATH 1965 AND 1966 CAUSES OF DEATH 1965 1966 No. of Deaths Percentage of Total Deaths Nr., of Deaths Pe r c ent age of Total Deaths Cancer - All forms vo \s\ 16.3 107 13.3 Heart disease and circulatory disease 237 41.9 226 3°.V Vascular lesions of nervous system 93 17.3 97 1^.0 Pneumonia 25 4.4 21 3.7 Bronchitis lk 2.5 Y7 3.0 Other defined and ill-defined diseases 50 9.0 7.9 Motor vehicle and other accidents 17 3.0 20 3.5 Suicide 5 0.9 2 0.4 1 1 While the expectation of life is increasing, it will he appreciated that the proportion of old people in the community is increasing. This factor alone will result in a larger proportion of deaths due to diseases to which the 1-. -i- - ar - prone, and must he borne in mind when considering the apparent increase in the in- cidence of cancer and deaths therefrom.