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3. Causes of Deaths are shown on pp. 66—77.
The following ten are the most common.
Per1000
Per 1000 of of the
Number deaths population
Diseases of the Heart 363 273.5 1.96
Cancer — Malignant Neoplasms 258 194.4 1.39
Apoplexy 158 119.1 0.85
Violence (all forms) 127 95.7 0.69
Pneumonia (Pn. of Infants included) ... 71 53.5 0.38
Diseases of Infants (Pn. excepted) 42 31.7 0.23
Influenza 33 24.9 0.18
Congenital Malformation 25 18.8 0.13
General Arteriosclerosis 17 12.8 0.09
Hyperplasia of Prostata 16 12.1 0.09
Other and unknown causes 217 163.5 1.17
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1963 is
shown in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
1. Acute Tonsillitis .................
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh .........
3. Diphtheria ........................
4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) .........
5. Epidemic Encephalitis .............
6. Erysipelas.........................
7. Erythema nodosum ..................
8. Acute Rheumatism...................
9. Enteric Fever......................
10. Paratyphoid.......................
11. Acute Intestinal Catarrh .........
12. Infectious Hepatitis .............
13. Herpes Zoster ....................
14. Influenza ........................
15. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis ...
16. Measles...........................
17. Morbus Akureyrensis...............
18. Infective Myositis ...............
19. Mumps.............................
20. Pemphigus neonatorum..............
21. Bronchopneumonia .................
b. Lobar Pneumonia.....................
22. Acute Poliomyelitis ..............
23. German Measles....................
24. Scarlet Fever ....................
25. Puerperal Sepsis .................
26. Epidemic Stomatitis ..............
27. Whooping Cough ...................
28. Chickenpox .......................
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 Deaths
12035 18223 21338 13851 13509 2
26631 27405 25449 28814 25437 23
— — — — — —
- _ 4 4 - _
8 23 4 10 16 1
17 13 11 48 65 1
2 - 1 6 22 _
39 27 54 22 28 1
- - — - - —
— — _ — 1 —
5622 5433 6065 5447 6378 18
5 1 16 21 3 1
112 106 105 210 204 _
20100 4099 2462 14646 10436 123
35 31 34 41 29 23
4401 5 8 3111 4040 9
— — — — 1 —
158 277 178 128 67 -
27 135 1684 2144 564 -
- - - 27 17 _
1909 123 1693 143 1505 141 1602 112 1513 89 390
- 1 - 1 2 _
96 71 120 125 3763 _
92 45 9 286 735 -
1 3 4 2 - _
511 686 665 811 696 _
3594 617 22 14 8 2
1092 1750 1313 803 1018 1