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The following examples shew how the above Table is to be read. Of all the female cases in the age group 5 to 15 years 76 6 per cent. were returned as of bubonic type and 23-4 per cent. as of septic type.
Again, of all male cases in the age group 25 to 45 years 777 per cent. were returned as of bubonic type, 2019 per cent. as of septic type, and 1.2 per cent. as of pneumonic type.
AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION OF PLAGUE.
The following Table shews the number of cases recorded during the year grouped into age periods for males and females, also the number of deaths and the death-rates for each such group :-
TOTAL
DEATH-
AGE PERIOD.
CASES.
%
SEX. CASES.
DEATHS. %
RATE.
Under 1 year,
6
2.2
M.
j.
දුන අල
3
50.0
3
100.00%
3
50·0
3
100.00%
1 year to 5 years,
9
3.3
m.
J.
+O
4
44-4
55.6
40
4
100.00%
100.00%
5 years to 15 years,..
54
19-8
m.
24
44.4
24
100.00%
f.
30
65.6
30
100.00%
15
years
to 25 years,
69
25.3
m.
52
75.3
46
88.46%
f.
17
24.7
15
88.29%
25 years to 45 years,
101
37.1
m.
81
80-2
75
92.59%
f.
20
19-8
19
95.00%
45 years to 60 years,
23
8.4
m..
16
69.5
16
100.00%
f.
7
30.5
7
100.00%
Over 60 years,......
10
3.6
m.
f.
די זט
50.0
5
50·0
10 10
5
100.00%
5
100.00%
Total,........
272
m.
185
68.0
173
93.51%
f.
87
32.0
84
96.55%
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