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A few examples drawn from the table may help to show its purpose.
Thus 62.7 per cent of the population are supposedly between the ages of 15 and 45 years and of tubercular diseases of the lungs, commonly called Consumption, there occurred in this age group 52.97 per cent of the deaths due to such diseases.
Of the deaths from Tubercular Meningitis 88.32 per cent were of children under 15 years of age.
Of the deaths from Abdominal Tuberculosis 96.04 per cent were of children under 15 years of age and of these due to General Tuberculosis 77.03 per cent occurred in this age group.
The actual numbers of Chinese deaths which occurred from tubercular diseases grouped as above are as follows in each age group.
Age Groups Type Type Type Type Type Under 1 year 63 7 51 75 1 Over 1 year and under 5 years 138 26 66 163 Over 5 years and under 15 years 66 20 26 64 Over 15 years and under 25 years 181 3 2 17 Over 25 years and under 45 years 586 4 4 45 1 Over 45 years and under 60 years Over 60 years 322 25 1 90 3The following table shows the population of the Colony excluding the New Territories (except New Kowloon) as found at the 1921 census distributed according to age groups and the percentage of persons in each age group.
It also shows for several years past (figures for 1916 and 1918 are not available) the number of deaths registered in such age groups as due to Tuberculosis (all types).