LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
1976
1956 1966 1976
TABLE 15
1956, 1966 AND 76 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1956)
Percentage of Deaths from all Causes
Rate per 100,000 population
Number of Deatha
Cause
of Death
1956
1966 1976
195€
1966
All Ages
All Causes
19,295
Pneumonia, all forma
3,862#
2.
Tuberculosis, all fores
2,629
18,700 23,195 100.0 2,026# 2,119 20.0 1,515 568 13.6
100.0 100.0
738.0
515.2 522.0
10.8
9.1
147.7
55.8 47.7
8.1
2.4
100.6
41.7
12.8
3.
Gastritis, duodenitis,
enteritis & colitis
2,364
167
12.3
0.9
90.4
4.6
(except diarrhoea of new born)
4.
Heart diseases, including
hypertensive disease
1,354
5.
Malignent neoplasms
All other causes
2,591 3.967 1,328 3,249 5,368 6.9 7.758 9,152 11,173 40.2
7.0
13.8
17.1
51.8
71.4
89.3
17.4
23.1
50.8 89.5
120.8
49.0
48.3
296.7 252.2
251.4
4 yesre
All Causes
2,820
968
1.
Pneumonia, all forms
1,112
289
54
271 100.0
39.5
100.0
29.8
100.0 768.7
19.9 303.2
229.1
84.1
68.2
16.8
2.
Gastritis, duodenitis,
enteritis & colitis
731
35
25.9
3.6
⭑
199.3
8.3
(except diarrhoes of new born)
3.
Tuberculosis, all forna
470
30
4
16.7
3.1
1.5
128.2
7.1
1.2
4.
All accidents
76
104
73 2.7
10.7
26.9
20.7
24.6
22.6
# Adjusted according to 1.C.D. 8th Revision
* Inapplicable
TABLE 15 (Cont'd)
Percentage of Deaths from
Rate per 100,000
Number of Deaths
Cause of Death
all Causes
population
1956
1966 1976
195€
1966
1976
1956
1966
1976
5.
Measles
66
293
2.3
30.3
2.2
18.0
69.3
1.9
All other causes
365
218
134
12.9
22.5
49.5
99.3
51.6
41.6
5:
- 14 years
All Causes
679
489
342
100.0 100.0
100.0
138.0
50.5
36.0
1.
Tuberculosis, all forms
153
12
5
22.5 2.5
1.5
31.1
1.2
0.5
2.
Pneumonia, all forms
152
58
31
22.4 11.9
9.1
30.9
6.0
3.3
3.
All accidente
96
177
114
14.4 36.2
33.3
19.9
16.3
12.0
Gastritis, duodenitis,
enteritis & colitis(except
diarrhoea of new born)
54
*
8.0
0.8
11.0
0.4
5. Nephritis & nephrosis All other causes
28
12
11
4.1
2.4
3.2
5.7
1.2
1.2
194
226
181
28.6 46.2
52.9
39.4
23.4
19.0
15
44 years
All Cause A
3,275
2,573
2,524
1.
Tuberculosis, all formg
865
335
69
100.0 100.0
26.4 13.0
100.0
258.7 179.€ 124.0
2.T
2.
Malignant neoplasms
360
618
640
11.0 24.0
25.4
68.3
28.4
23.3 3.4
42.9 31.4
3.
Heart diseases, including
287
261
198
8.8 10.2
7.8
22.7
18.1
9.7
hypertensive disease
4.
All accidente
260
340
366
7.9
13.2
14.5
20.5
23.6
18.0
5.
Fneumonia, all forma
197
110
101
6.0
4.3
4.0
15.6
7.6
5.0
All other causes
1,306
909 1,150
39.9 35.3
45.6
103.2
63.1
56.5