TABLE 13
PROPORTIONATE MORTALITY BY DISEASE GROUF, 1961, 1969 AND 1975 TO 1979 (As Percentage of Total Deaths)
Detailed List No.
Disease Group
9th Revision
1961
1969
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
Infective and parasitic
001
139
16.2
8.9
4.0
3.3
3.2
3.8
3.2
Neoplasms
140 - 239
12.3
20.6
24.2
23.2
24.1
26.2
23.7
Endocrine, nutritional,
240
289
0.9
1.6
1.5
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.6
metabolic, immunity disorders and blood
Nervous system, sense organs
290
389
0.8#
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.8
0.7
and mental disorders
Circulatory system
390 - 459
18.2
25.0
27.7
28.9
28.7
31.1
29.3
Respiratory system
460 - 519
16.3
13.5
15.8
14.5
15.4
14.4
15.6
Digestive system
520 - 579
7.7
5.9
4.6
5.0
4.8
4.4
4.0
Genitourinary system
580 - 629
2.0
2,2
2.0
2.2
2.2
2.5
3.5
Pregnancy, childbirth and
630 - 676
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
puerperium
Skin, subcutaneous tissue and musculo-skeletal system Congenital anomalies and conditions originating in the perinatal period
680 - 739
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
740
-
779
8.8
6.3
4.4
3.8
3.7
3.5
3.2
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions
780 - 799
10.4
10.0
7.9
8.0
7.5
7.4
7.1
External causes of injury and poisoning
E800
-
2999
5.9
4.8
6.7
8.1
7.5
5.1
7.9
# Exoulding Cerebrovascular Disease (formerly Vascular Lesion Affecting Central Nervous System under the Nervous System and Sense Organs): 7.5% in 1961
TABLE 14
THE TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY AGE AND SEX 1979
Rank
Cause of Death
Detailed
List No.
9th
Revision
Age Group
Sex
All Ages
•
1-4
5-14
15-44
All cause
001-999
ZAXE
14,581
634
164
154
11,575
458
164
132
23
45-64
1.963 5.348
809
1
65+
Unknown
6,261
2,601 7.396
57
22
26.179
1,092
328
286
2,773
7.949
13,657
94
KON*
15
M 3.774
10
29
424
Malignant neoplasms
140-208
RE
2,429
3
4
27
242
1.950
957
1,357
1.196
T
6,203
14
666
2,907
2,553
Heart diseases,
2
including
hypertensive
heart disease
Cerebrovascular
3
disease
M
2,321
390-429
F
1.989
T
4,310
INN
534
12
5 --a 4.
117
845
1,353
7
62
420
1.495
179
1,265
2,848
1,541
1
5
430-438
1.704
T
3,245
;
you ~
12
5
M
1,263
82
58
Pneumonia, all forms
480-486
F
1,180
55
52
T
2,443
137
110
1,363
21
36
5
Injury and poisoning
800-999
F
703
14
33
2,066
35
69
FOR CAR
AMG
17
20
37
114
AXR 500
576
900
36
372
1,294
948
2,194
320
23
406
2885
695
86
944
1,639
74
713
339
170
10
39
230
167
219
1
113
943
506
389
11
Bronchitis, chronic
M
540
3
20
and unspecified,
490-493
F
361
1
emphysema and
901
29
gag
211
306
9
83
264
294
570
aathma