LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1975 AND 1985 (Ranking According to 1985 Data)
Number of Deaths
Cause of Death
Percentage of Deaths from all causes
Rate per 100 000 population
1961*
1975#
1985
1961* 1975#
1985
1961*
1975#
1985
TABLE 16
All causes
18 738
1,
Malignant neoplasms
2 280
21 191
$ 105
25 325
7 $35
100.0
12.2
100.0
100.0
24.1
29.8
591.5
72.0
482.1 467.0
116.1 138.9
2.
Heart diseases, including
1 866
3 312
4 201
9.9
15.6
16.6
56.9
75.3
77.7
hypertensive heart disease
3.
Cerebrovascular disease
1 401
2 336
2 959
7.5
11.0
11.7
44.2
53.2
54.6
4.
Pneumonia, all forms
2 665
2 188
1 634
14.2
10.3
6.5
84.1
49.8
30.1
5.
Injury and poisoning
1 100
1 420
1 603
5.9
6.7
6.3
34.7
32.3
29.6
All other causes
9 425
6 830
7 183
50.3
32.3
29.1
297.6
155.4
136.1
All ages
All causes
1.
Congenital anomalies
2.
Hypoxia, birth asphyxia & other
4 098
1 173
580
100.0
157
324
203
3.8
100.0
27.6
142
141
138
3.4
12.0
100.0
35.0
23.8
3 840.7
147.1
1 434.0
740.7
396.1
259.3
133.1
172.4
176.2
respiratory conditions
3.
Haemolytic disease of fetus or
newborn, perinatal jaundice & other causes of perinatal morbidity
204
134
70
5.0
11.4
12.1
191.2
163.8
89.4
4.
Immaturity
1 142
214
66
27.9
18.3
11.4
1 070.3
261.6
84.3
5.
Pneumonia,
all forms
1 166
156
34
28.5
13.3
5.8
1 092.8
190.7
43.4
All other causes
1 287
204
69
31.4
17.4
11.9
1 206.2
249.4
08.1
◊ years
TABLE 16 (Cont'd)
Number of Deaths
Cause of Death
Percentage of Deaths from all causes
Rate per 100 000 population
1961*
1975#
1985
1961*
1975*
1985
1961*
1975# 1985
1-4 years
All causes
1
Injury and poisoning
2.
Diseases of nervous systèm
3
Congenital anomalies
4.
Pneumonia, all forms
5
Malignant neoplasms
All other causes
1 805
249
133
107
72
43
100.0
5.9
100.0 100.0
427.5
77.5
38.6
29.0
32.3
25.3
22.5
12.5
18
15
21
1.0
6.0
15.8
4.3
4.7
6.1
14
35
18
0.8
14.1
13.5
3.3
10.9
5.2
603
48
15
33.4
19.4
11.3
142.8
15.0
4.3
13
23
12
1.0
1 045
55
24
57.9
9.3
22.2
9.0
19.1
4.3
7.2
3.5
247.5
17.2
7.0
5-14 years
All causes
587
325
177
100.0
100.0
100.0
77.7
33.1
21.2
1.
Injury and poisoning
177
127
58
30.2
39.1
32.8
23.4
12.9
7.0
2.
Malignant neoplasms
40
60
42
6.8
18.5
23.7
5.3
6.1
5.0
3.
Diseases of nervous system
29
13
22
4.3
4.0
12.4
3.8
1.3
2.6
4.
Heart disease, including
33
14
11
5.6
4.3
6.2
0.5
1.4
1.3
hypertensive heart disease
Preumonia, all forMS
83
28
9
14.1
8.6
5.1
11.0
2.9
1.1
All other causes
225
83
35
38.4
25.5
19.8
33.6
8.5
4.2
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