Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1962, Side 199

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1962
3. Causes of Deaths are shown on pp. 70—82.
The following eleven are the most common.
Per 1000
Per 1000 of of the
Number deaths population
Diseases of the Heart 306 247,6 1,68
Cancer — Malignant Neoplasms 281 227,3 1,54
Apoplexy 155 125,4 0,85
Violence (all forms) 103 83,3 0,57
Pneumonia (Pn. of Infants included) 71 57,4 0,39
Diseases of Infants (Pn. excepted) 43 34,8 0,24
Influenza 36 29,1 0,20
Hyperplasia of Prostate 17 13,8 0,09
Congenital Malformation 16 12,9 0,09
General Arteriosclerosis 13 10,5 0,07
Bronchitis 13 10,5 0,07
Other and unknown causes 182 147,2 1,00
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1962 is
shown in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1 Death3 |
1. Acute Tonsillitis 8883 12035 18223 21338 13851 2
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh 21011 26631 27405 25449 28814 21
3. Diphtheria - - - -
4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) - - - 4 4
5. Epidemic Encephalitis 4 8 23 4 10
6. Erysipelas 23 17 13 11 48 2
7. Erythema nodosum 1 2 - 1 6
8. Acute Rheumatism 23 39 27 54 22 -
9. Enteric Fever - - " - - -
10. Paratyphoid - - - -
11. Acute Intestinal Catarrh 6053 5622 5433 6065 5447 24
12. Infectious Hepatitis 11 5 1 16 21 1
13. Herpes Zoster 69 112 106 105 210 -
14. Influenza 1568 20100 4099 2462 14646 95
15. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis 51 35 31 34 41 17
16. Measles 2701 4401 5 8 3111 6
17. Morbus Akureyrensis - “
18. Infective Myositis 337 158 277 178 128 -
19. Mumps 13 27 135 1684 2144 -
20. Pemphigus neonatorum - - - -
21. Bronchopneumonia 895 1909 1693 1505 1602 >419
b. Lobar Pneumonia 94 123 143 141 102 i
22. Acute Poliomyelitis - - 1 1 -
23. German Measles 448 96 71 120 125 -
24. Scarlet Fever 51 92 45 9 286 -
25. Puerperal Sepsis 1 1 3 4 2 -
26. Epidemic Stomatitis 519 511 686 665 811 -
27. Whoopin Cough 1 3594 617 22 14 2
28. Chickengpox 1279 1092 1750 1313 803 1