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Tuberculosis according to type of infection and age groups.
For the purpose of showing the various forms of tubercular disease which caused the above mentioned deaths this infection is here divided in five types as follows:
Type 1. Pulmonary and acute miliary tuberculosis.
Type 2. Tubercular Meningitis.
Type 3. Abdominal Tuberculosis.
Type 4. Disseminated or General Tuberculosis.
Type 5. Other Tubercular Diseases.
The following table shows the numbers of Chinese deaths from cach of these types distributed according to age groups for the year 1926.
148
Age Groups.
Types.
3
4
Under 1 year
174
7
16
22
0
Over 1
year Over 5 years and under 15 years Over 15 years and under 25 Over 25 years and under 45 years Over 45 years and under 60 years Over 60 years
and under 5 years
224
30
19
64
(
66
6
72
4
years
181
1
582
23
283
6
56
200
The deaths from Tubercular Diseases (all types) for both Chinese and Non-Chinese are shown distributed according to age groups by the following table which covers ten years 1915
1926 with the omission of the years 1916 and 1918.
Age Groups.
Years.
1 to 5 years........ 5 to 15 years.........
129 139
59 193 108 231 195 290 302 469
97
Under 1 year
1915 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
204
15 to 25 years...... 25 to 45 years...... 431 486 569 45 to 60 years..... Over 60 years...
110 124 139
171
199 32
641 205 258 278
B
62 65
219 200 213 269 313 220 340 393 419 51
339 468 157 180 169 207 173 157 181 203 233 221 613 610 256 351 91 93
202 212
673 750
737
641
301 319
63
3.7
291
79
زاد
Total
1,123
...
1,916
All Chinese Deaths
Percentage of Chinese deaths
due to Tuber- culosis
1,4691,597 2,059 1.887|2,060 |2.071 2.358 2.291
7.723 10,244|11,348 12,151 11,604 14,241 15.289 |15,301 14.735 |12,336
145 143 140 16.9 16-2 144 13:5 157 15.5 | 15.5}
Ceḍrom