17). It will be seen that the unfavourable post war trend in the morbidity and mortality statistics is continuing at an accelerated pace and that the effect of the influx of refugees is now becoming apparent.
Mortality.
172. The rise in the tuberculosis death rate has occurred at all ages, but is slightly greater in the adult groups, particu- larly in males. Deaths from tuberculous meningitis, more than 85% of which occurred below the age of 5 years, account for 20% of the total tuberculosis deaths, and despite a fall in the total population of more than 11% show a gross increase of 30%. Deathe attributable to forms of tuberculosis other than respiratory and meningeal show a marked drop.
173. Respiratory tuberculosis continues to dominate the tuberculosis picture, accounting for 3,006 deaths, a gross in- crease of almost 39% over the year 1950, the death rate per 100,000 showing an increase of 56%.
Deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System by Age and Sex 1949 1951.
1951
1950
1919
Age Group
Male Female Pero IMUNI Male Female Porwans Mula Faconulo Pierworts
Under 1
48
47 95
48
43
91
17
14
31
1
48
67 105
44
19
97
12
17
20
66
55 111
39
28
#7
18
16
47
57 104
3.F
29
$4
177
13
20
24
37
61
2+
26
52
&
7
15
5-0
41
43
R4
17
17
34
14
25
10-14
12
18
13
*
21
4
+
13
15 - 19
39
28
67
24
23
47
IG
20
36
94
1961
1950
1949
Age Groop
Male
Female PerAMB
Stale
Female Par034-
Mule
Female PerÁDELIN
20 - 21
125 - 134
139
70 209
200 107 316
95
TER
30-34
129 3.59 166
67 152
77 205
100 266 132
સફ
54 117
**
71 160
94
226
35 - 39
252
124 376
152
R1 240
150
90 240
40-44
201
B7
BRA
162
68 220
180
AT
197
46 - 49
172
17 219
122
55 177
86
52
137
50-54
147
TY 219
101
56
156
114
48 192
65 - 59
OUT
43 143
66
47
112
73
48
121
60 - 64
TA
61
125
11
35
76
41
ክቡ
71
65 - 69
42
ET
59
36
24 60
17
25
70 - 74
15
14
20
11
13
24
15
75 - 19
10
16
❤
0
3
5
80 - 84
1
1
2
23
+
-
25 & over
0
1
1
1
=
Unknown
0
0
다
Total:
1,899 1,107 3,006 1,333 832 2,165 1,013
690 1,712
174. On the assumption that the age and sex distribution of the population has remained relatively unchanged, the tuber- culosis deaths have been standardized against a fixed unit of population in a sample of population which is thought to re- present a fair average of the age and sex distribution of the whole population in order to provide a comparative mortality figure for the various age groups in each sex above 15 years. The findings are reproduced herewith together with the findings based on the same comparative figures for 1950.
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