Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1954, Side 220

1954
— 218
Per 1000
Per 1000 of of the
Number deaths population
Diseases of the Heart 250 235.0 1.62
Cancer — Malignant Growths 198 186.1 1.28
Apoplexy (defined and ill-defined) 156 146.6 1.01
Violence (all forms) Pneumonia (Lobar and Lobular, Pn. of 89 83.6 0.58
Infants included) 77 72.4 0.50
Diseases of Infants (Pneumonia excepted) 31 29.1 0.20
Old Age 27 25.4 0.18
General Arteriosclerosis 18 16.9 0.12
Congenital Malformation 18 16.9 0.12
Hyperplasia of Prostate 17 16.0 0.11
Other and Unknown Causes 183 172.0 1.19
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence
of epidemic diseases in 1954 is shown
in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
The following table shows the in-
cidence of epidemic diseases in 1950
—1954 as also the aggregate number
of deaths from each disease during
the same period.
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1 m V P
1. Acute Tonsillitis 8737 9850 10365 9183 8466 4
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh 22689 22248 30357 22828 27438 17
3. Diphtheria - - - 1 - 1
4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) 4 4 1 6 4 -
5. Epidemic Encephaiitis 10 9 8 11 16 4
6. Puerperal Sepsis 8 8 6 6 4 1
7. Acute Rheumatism 45 34 32 31 45 3
8. Enteric Fever 1 - - - - -
9. Acute Intestinal Catarrh 4664 5672 3850 5008 4414 25
10. Iníluenza 5591 9314 4344 10920 2342 61
11. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis 3 8 7 5 12 1
12. Measles 882 5737 1507 396 6573 19
13. Infective Myositis 26 1250 187 155 100 -
14. Mumps 925 33 14 12 434 —
15. Bronchopneumonia 819 1541 1999 1720 2650 \ 333
16. Lobar Pneumonia 162 212 273 188 231 J „
17. Acute Poliomyelitis 17 85 30 7 11 2
18. German Measles 135 75 41 38 2453
19. Scarlet Fever 69 42 21 32 39
20. Epidemic Stomatitis 114 387 529 570 500 **
21. Whooping Cough 312 2967 1595 1162 2076 10
22. Chickenpox 875 1309 750 1061 1201 —
23. Erysipelas 28 17 32 14 28 1
24. Erythema nodosum 5 - 2 - ~~
25. Infectious Hepatitis 1 58 155 15 9 1
26. Herpes Zoster 76 70 76 69 82
27. Contagious Impetigo 89 47 47 39 46
28. Paratyphoid “ 2 42 1