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Table XIV,-(Contd.).
International List of Causes
Deaths
II. CANCER AND OTHER TUMOURS
of Death, 1931
Males
Females
Persons
Brought forward
5,778
4,119
9,917
45
Cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx.
11
5
16
46
Cancer of the digestive organs
and peritoneum
63
46
109
47
Cancer of the respiratory organs
16
7
23
48
Cancer of the uterus
49
49
49
Cancer of other female genital organs
12
12
50
Cancer of the breast
2
22
24
51
Cancer of the male genito-
urinary organs
7
7
52
Cancer of the skin
6
7
53
Cancer of other or unspecified organs
11
12
23
54
Non-malignant tumours :-
(a)
Female genital organs
(b)
Other sites
1
5
55
(a)
(b)
Tumours of undetermined nature:-
Female genital organs
Other sites
III. RHEUMATISM, DISEASES OF NUTRITION AND OF ENDOCRINE GLANDS
AND OTHER GENERAL DISEASES
Rheumatic fever
1
1
56
Chronic rheumatism, osteo-arthritis :-
57
Chronic rheumatism
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteo-arthritis ...
1
2
59
Diabetes
17
21
61
Beri-beri
2,004
669
2,673
63
Rickets
1
Carried forward
7,926
4,961
12,907
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