[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough.

  • Harrogate (England). Borough Council. nb2014025795.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death. Registrar-General’s Return, 1972 Cause Male Female Total 1 Cholera — — — 2 Typhoid fever — — — 3 Bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis — — — 4 Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases .. — — — 5 Tuberculosis of respiratory system — — — 6 Other tuberculosis, including late effects.. — — — 7 Plague — — — 8 Diphtheria .. — — — 9 Whooping cough — — — 10 Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever — — — 11 Meningococcal infection .. — — — 12 Acute poliomyelitis — — — 13 Smallpox — — — 14 Measles — — — 15 Typhus and other rickettsioses — — — 16 Malaria — — — 17 Syphilis and its sequelae .. — — — 18 All other infective and parasitic diseases — — — 19 Malignant neoplasms, Leukaemia, includ- ing neoplasms of lymphatic and haemato- poietic tissue 73 99 172 20 Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of un- specified nature 3 3 21 Diabetes mellitus 6 5 11 22 Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiency _ _ 23 Anaemias — 1 1 24 Meningitis — 1 1 25 Active rheumatic fever — — — 26 Chronic rheumatic heart disease 3 3 6 27 Hypertensive disease 2 8 10 28 Ischaemic heart disease 142 119 261 29 Other forms of heart disease 18 35 53 30 Cerebrovascular disease 33 81 114 31 Influenza 3 4 7 32 Pneumonia 23 26 49 33 Bronchitis, emphysema and asthma 22 9 31 34 Peptic ulcer 3 3 6 35 Appendicitis — 1 1 36 Intestinal obstruction and hernia 3 2 5 37 Cirrhosis of liver 1 2 3 38 Nephritis and nephrosis 1 — 1 39 Hyperplasia of prostate 1 — 1 40 Abortion — — — 41 Other complications of pregnancy, child- birth and puerperium _ _ 42 Congenita] anomalies 5 1 6 43 Birth injury, difficult labour and other anoxic and hypoxic conditions 1 , 2 44 Other causes of perinatal mortality 2 1 3 45 Symptoms and ill-defined conditions — 4 4 46 All other diseases 40 57 97 47 Motor vehicle accidents 7 2 9 48 All other accidents 7 15 22 49 Suicide and self-inflicted injuries 4 5 9 50 All other external causes — — — Total 400 488 888