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The following table shows the numbers of Chinese deaths from each of these types distributed according to age groups 1924.
Age Groups.
Types.
1
2
3
+++
10
5
Under 1 year
124
26
36
59
+4
Over 1 year and under 5 years Over 5 years and under 15 years Over 15 years and under 25 years Over 25 years and under 45 years Over 45 years and under 60 years Over 60 years
220
72
65
148
2
75
24
21
82
3
187
4
4
17
1
711
1
3
17
304
10
77
3
The deaths from Tubercular Diseases (all types) are shown distributed according to age groups in the following Table for nine years 1914 to 1924 (the years 1916 and 1918 are omitted).
Age Groups.
Years.
1914 1915 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
Under 1 year
1 to 5 years
***
88 138
5 to 15 years
80
59 193 195 290
97 129 139
108 302 469
231 219 200 213 269
340
393
419
5:1
204
157
180
169
207
15 to 25 years
101
110 124
159
171
181 203
233
221
25 to 45 years
424
431 486
569 641
643 640
673
750
45 to 60 years
Over 60 years
34
188 199 205
32
43
258 278 62 65
256
351
301 319
91
93
63
81
Total
1,053 | 1,123 | 1,469 1,597 || 2,059 1,887 | 2,060 | 2,071 | 2,358
All Deaths Chinese 9,316 | 7,723 10,244 11,348 12,151 11,604 | 14,241 | 15,289 | 15,301
Percentage
of
Chinese deaths due
to Tuberculosis
11.3 14:5 14.3 14.0 16.9 16.2 14.4 13.5 15.7
Tetanus and Convulsions.
These diseases accounted for 169 deaths of children under five years of age.
Thus out of 101 deaths ascribed to Tetanus 88 were of children under one month and 5 of children over one month and under one year.
Convulsions accounted for 79 deaths of children under five years of age. Of these 3 were under one month and 40 over one month but under one year of age.