TABLE 15
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1967 AND 1977 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1961)
Percentage of Deaths from
Number of Deaths
all Causes
Causes of Death
Rate per 100,000 population
1961
1967
1977
1961
1967
1977
1961
1967 1977
All causes
18,738
19,644 23,459
100,0
100.0
100.0
591.5 527.7
519.7
1.
Pneumonia, all forus
2,665
2,156 2,312
14.2
11.0
9.9
84.1
57.9
51.2.
2. Malignant neoplasms
2,280
3,380 5,652 12.2
17.2
24.1
72.0
90.8
125.2
3. Tuberculosis, all forma
1,907
1,493
532
10.2
7.6
2.3
60.2
40.1
11.8
4.
Heart diseases, including hypertensive diseases
1.866 2,620
4,135
9.9
13.3
17.6
58.9
70.4
91.6
5. Cerebrovascular diseases
1,401
1,908 2,422
7.5
9.7
10.3
44.2
51.3
53.7
All other causes
8,619 8,087
8,406
46.0
41.2
35.8
272.1
217.2
186.2
All ages
TABLE 15 (Cont'd)
Number of Deaths
Percentage of Deaths from all Causes
Rate per 100,000 population
Causes of Death
1961
1967
1977
1961
1967
1977
1961 1967
1977
0 years
All causes
4,098 2,260 1,093
100.0
100.0
1.
Pneumonia, all fores
1,166
615
114
28.4
27.2
2. Immaturity, unqualified
1,142
481
193
27.9
21.3
100,0
10,4
17.7
3.
Gastroenteritis, colitis and other diarrhosal diseases
627
151
41 15.3
6.7
3.8
4. Congenital anomalies
157
181
328
3.8
8.0
30.0
5.
Anoxic and hypoxic conditions
142
154
148
3.5
6.8
13.5
not elsewhere classified
All other causes
* 864
678
269
21.1
30.0
24.6
B09.8
3,840.7 2,624.9 1,376.6 1,092.8 714.3 143.6 1,070.3 558.6 243.1 587.6 175.4 51.6
147.1 210.2 413.1 133.1 178.9 186.4
787.5 338.8
1
4 years
All causes
1,805
1,190
249 100.0
100.0
100.0
427.5 293.3
78.1
1. Pneumonia, all forms
603
308
53
33.4
25.9
21.3
142.8
75.9
16.6
2.
Measles
342
508
8
19.0
42.7
3.2
81.0 125.2
2.5
3.
Gastroenteritis, colitis and
201
45
5
11.1
3.8
2.0
47.6
11.1
1.6
other diarrhoeal diseases
4.
Tuberculosis, all forms
169
25
5. All accidents
105
82
**
2
9.4
2.1
0.8
40.0
6.2
0.6
72
5.8
6.9
28.9
24.9
20.2
22.6
All other causes
385
222
109
21.3
18.6
43.8
91.2
54.7
34.2
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