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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

1976

1956 1966 1976

TABLE 15

1956, 1966 AND 76 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1956)

Percentage of Deaths from all Causes

Rate per 100,000 population

Number of Deatha

Cause

of Death

1956

1966 1976

195€

1966

All Ages

All Causes

19,295

Pneumonia, all forma

3,862#

2.

Tuberculosis, all fores

2,629

18,700 23,195 100.0 2,026# 2,119 20.0 1,515 568 13.6

100.0 100.0

738.0

515.2 522.0

10.8

9.1

147.7

55.8 47.7

8.1

2.4

100.6

41.7

12.8

3.

Gastritis, duodenitis,

enteritis & colitis

2,364

167

12.3

0.9

90.4

4.6

(except diarrhoea of new born)

4.

Heart diseases, including

hypertensive disease

1,354

5.

Malignent neoplasms

All other causes

2,591 3.967 1,328 3,249 5,368 6.9 7.758 9,152 11,173 40.2

7.0

13.8

17.1

51.8

71.4

89.3

17.4

23.1

50.8 89.5

120.8

49.0

48.3

296.7 252.2

251.4

4 yesre

All Causes

2,820

968

1.

Pneumonia, all forms

1,112

289

54

271 100.0

39.5

100.0

29.8

100.0 768.7

19.9 303.2

229.1

84.1

68.2

16.8

2.

Gastritis, duodenitis,

enteritis & colitis

731

35

25.9

3.6

⭑

199.3

8.3

(except diarrhoes of new born)

3.

Tuberculosis, all forna

470

30

4

16.7

3.1

1.5

128.2

7.1

1.2

4.

All accidents

76

104

73 2.7

10.7

26.9

20.7

24.6

22.6

# Adjusted according to 1.C.D. 8th Revision

* Inapplicable

TABLE 15 (Cont'd)

Percentage of Deaths from

Rate per 100,000

Number of Deaths

Cause of Death

all Causes

population

1956

1966 1976

195€

1966

1976

1956

1966

1976

5.

Measles

66

293

2.3

30.3

2.2

18.0

69.3

1.9

All other causes

365

218

134

12.9

22.5

49.5

99.3

51.6

41.6

5:

- 14 years

All Causes

679

489

342

100.0 100.0

100.0

138.0

50.5

36.0

1.

Tuberculosis, all forms

153

12

5

22.5 2.5

1.5

31.1

1.2

0.5

2.

Pneumonia, all forms

152

58

31

22.4 11.9

9.1

30.9

6.0

3.3

3.

All accidente

96

177

114

14.4 36.2

33.3

19.9

16.3

12.0

Gastritis, duodenitis,

enteritis & colitis(except

diarrhoea of new born)

54

*

8.0

0.8

11.0

0.4

5. Nephritis & nephrosis All other causes

28

12

11

4.1

2.4

3.2

5.7

1.2

1.2

194

226

181

28.6 46.2

52.9

39.4

23.4

19.0

15

44 years

All Cause A

3,275

2,573

2,524

1.

Tuberculosis, all formg

865

335

69

100.0 100.0

26.4 13.0

100.0

258.7 179.€ 124.0

2.T

2.

Malignant neoplasms

360

618

640

11.0 24.0

25.4

68.3

28.4

23.3 3.4

42.9 31.4

3.

Heart diseases, including

287

261

198

8.8 10.2

7.8

22.7

18.1

9.7

hypertensive disease

4.

All accidente

260

340

366

7.9

13.2

14.5

20.5

23.6

18.0

5.

Fneumonia, all forma

197

110

101

6.0

4.3

4.0

15.6

7.6

5.0

All other causes

1,306

909 1,150

39.9 35.3

45.6

103.2

63.1

56.5