Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam.

  • Assam
Date:
[1945]
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Credit: Annual sanitary report of the Province of Assam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It woujd be observed that the mortality curve follows the average quinquennial curve. 13. Mortality According to Age and Sex.—During the year a total of 70,419 males and 64,117 females died as compared to 88,629 males and 78,579 females during 1944 and the quinquennial average of 80,520 males and 73,984 females. Female death-rate exceeded male death-rate in the districts of Cachar, Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur. The following table shows the rate of mortality by sex and age group for the years 1945 and 1944 and the quinquennial average :— Age groups 1945 1944 a— Average of 1940-44 A f Male -v Female Male Female f Male Female 1 2 3 4 • 5 6 . 7 Under one year 137-68 123 02 165-77 157-78 14825 135T2 1 to 5 years 16-15 15-38 19-49 18-49 17-78 16-56 5 „ 10 „ 6-62 6-45 10-49 1016 8-83 8-57. 10 59 ., 5-70 6-34 8-28 7-70 7-17 6-30 15 „ 20 „ 8-25 9-52 1118 10-92 8-93 10-08 20 5, 30 „ 6-52 8-88 8-46 10-47 8-04 11-28 30 95 40 „ 9 66 10-65 10-49 13-98 10-45 12*72 40 59 50 „ 14*23 13-01 15-15 1213 14-86 11*88 50 99 60 „ 17*14 18-40 27*40 29-82 24*23 2412 60 and upwards 51-10 51-65 78-95 6448 « 65-39 59-90 Total ... 13-20 13-37 16-87 16-86 16-46 16-58 As usual, female death-rate exceeded male death-rate, in the age groups 15 to 40 due to stress and strain of child-bearing and the inadequacy of measures for maternity relief. 14. Infantile Mortality.—The following table shows the number of deaths and death-rates amongst infants calculated on live births during each year for 1945 and the previous decennium:—■ Births Deaths of infants _ Death-rate of infants .A Male Female Total Male Female —* Total f Male Female Total ] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1935 % 123,668 116,230 239,898 21,015 18,140 39,155 169-93 156 07 163-22 1936 123,839 115,865 239,704 19,630 16,522 36,152 158-51 142-59 150 82 1937 128,233 119,991 248,224 21,350 18,377 39,727 166-49 15315 160-04 1938 122,346 114,834 237,180 21,074 17,983 39,057 172-25 156-60 164-67 1939 125,573 116,855 242,428 19,666 16,633 36,299 156-61 142-34 149-73 1940 126,846 117,308 244,154 18,806 15,804 34,610 148-26 134-72 141-75 1941 131,021 122,060 253,081 19,018 15,362 34,380 147-50 128-55 138*28 1942 106,832 100,241 207,073 • 15,279 12,992 28,271 143-02 129-61 Kr 13653 1943 96,136 90,028 186,164 13,144 11,248 24,392 136-72 124-94 131*02 1944 87,049 79,227 166,276 14,430 12,499 26,929 165-77 157-78 161*95 1945 86,103 82,529 168,632 11,855 10,153 22,008 137-68 123-02 130-51 The infantile mortality rate showed an appreciable fall during 1945 (130-51) as Compared to the previous year (16T95), but the rate for 1944 was abnormally high probably due to the cumulative effect of war conditions and scarcity of protective foods. The number of infant deaths (under one year of age) registered during the year was 22,008 (11,855 boys and 10,153 girls) as compared to 26,929 during the previous years. Infantile deaths constitute 164 per cent, of the total mortality in the province. Of the total infant deaths 9,519 or 43 per cent, died within one month of birth, 7,489 or 34 per cent, during the age-period ‘one to six months’ and 5,000 or 23 per cent, during the period ‘six to twelve months’. For every 100 female births, 104 males were born and for every 100 female infant deaths 117 male infants died during the year.
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