[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    year. The following table shows the trend of the marriage rate since 1911 :— Marriage per Thousand Persons Living 1911-1920 ... 9-7 1962 8-7 1921-1930 ... 8-9 1963 8-6 1931-1940 ... 9-7 1964 8-7 1941-1945 ... ... 11-0 1965 8-8 1946-1950 ... 9-8 1966 9-2 1951-1955 ... 9-6 1967 9-4 1956-1960 ... 9-5 1968 9-5 1961 8-9 1969 9-4 This is still above the rate for Scotland as a whole, which decreased slightly from 8-4 in 1968 to 8-3 in 1969. DEATHS There were more deaths in 1969, the number registered, 12,633, being 181 more than in 1968. After correction for transfers this total was reduced to 12,338 compared with 12,220 in the previous year. In 1969, Glasgow, with 17-9 per cent, for the population of Scotland (18-2 in 1968), accounted for 19-3 per cent, for the deaths, the same proportion as in the two previous years. The general death rate rose from 12-9 in 1968 to 13-3 in 1969. Appendix Table V shows the deaths in 1969 in each Ward and the death rates for the three years 1967, 1968 and 1969. Age and Sex Distribution.—The increase was noticeably greater in the males, 6,422 as against 6,321 in 1968, 101 more. The female deaths totalled 5,916, an increase of 17. Forty-eight per cent, of the total deaths were females as against fifty-two per cent, males. The sex and age distribution of deaths, classified to the Eighth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Deaths (Short List) has been taken from the Registrar General’s provisional return and is shown in Appendix Table VII. The age distribution of the deaths as a rate per 1,000 deaths at all ages is given in the -4 wks. - 1 yr- Rate - 5 1961 35 18 7 1962 38 20 7 1963 32 21 7 1964 33 19 6 1965 29 17 6 1966 30 18 7 1967 26 15 6 1968 24 17 6 1969 23 15 5 table below :— per Thousand at all 15 -25 -35 -45 5 8 13 33 7 8 14 34 6 7 13 31 6 9 12 33 6 9 13 31 6 9 12 28 6 8 10 31 6 8 11 29 7 6 12 27 Ages -55 -65 6o -j- Total 88 192 602 1,000 89 195 588 1,000 84 200 599 1,000 89 210 583 1,000 83 200 606 1,000 83 196 611 1,000 79 206 613 1,000 80 190 629 1,000 77 197 631 1,000