[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Mansfield Borough.

  • Mansfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Mansfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cancer Deaths The ] 17 deaths from this disease during the year was 28 more than the number recorded in 1959. Arranged in decennial periods, these deaths occurred as below : 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 Under 40 years 8 1 1 2 7 40 to 50 years 5 8 10 7 2 50 to 60 years 19 15 25 22 21 60 to 70 years 34 22 29 22 31 70 to 80 years 36 30 35 27 20 Over 80 years 15 13 16 8 9 Totals 117 89 116 88 90 Analysis of the site of the disease shows that the largest inci¬ dence occurred in the stomach, bowels, breast and lungs, causing 53.8% of the deaths. The death-rate from Cancer per 1,000 population is 2.0 com¬ pared with 2.15 for England and Wales as a whole.