Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1964, Page 165

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3. Causes of Deaths are shown on pp. 66—78.
The following ten are the most common.
Diseases of the Heart ............
Cancer — Malignant Neoplasms .
Apoplexy .........................
Violence (all forms) .............
Pneumonia (Pn. of Infants included)
Diseases of Infants (Pn. excepted)
Congenital Malformation ..........
General Arteriosclerosis .........
Infectious Diseases of Kidney . ..
Chronic Bronchitis ...............
Other and unknown causes..........
Per1000
of the
population
1.96
1.39
0.80
0.62
72 55.0 0.38
47 35.9 0.25
21 16.1 0.11
21 16.1 0.11
21 16.1 0.11
17 13.0 0.09
208 159.0 1.10
Per 1000 of
Number deaths
370 282.9
262 200.3
151 115.4
118 90.2
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1964 is
shown in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Deaths
1. Acute Tonsillitis 18223 21338 13851 13509 12758 1
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh 27405 25449 28814 25437 28820 26
3. Diphtheria _ — _ _ _
4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) - 4 4 — _ _
3. Epidemic Encephalitis 23 4 10 16 6 2
6. Erysipelas 13 11 48 65 78 1
2. Erythema nodosum - 1 6 22 11 _
8. Acute Rheumatism 27 54 22 28 40 1
9. Enteric Fever _ _ _ _ _
10. Paratyphoid - - - 1 _ 1
11 • Acute Intestinal Catarrh 5433 6065 5447 6378 4519 19
12. Infectious Hepatitis 1 16 21 3 9 _
13. Herpes Zoster 106 105 210 204 190 _
14. Influenza 4099 2462 14646 10436 4542 84
13. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis . 31 34 41 29 16 20
16. Measles 5 8 3111 4040 255 7
17. Morbus Akureyrensis - - - 1 1 _
18. Infective Myositis 277 178 128 67 3927 _
19. Mumps 135 1684 2144 564 63 _
20. Pemphigus neonatorum - - 27 17 39 _
21. Bronchopneumonia 1693 1505 1602 1513 1333 1 368
b. Lobar Pneumonia 143 141 112 89 84
22. Acute Poliomyelitis 1 - 1 2 _ _
23. German Measles 71 120 125 3763 2317 _
24. Scarlet Fever 45 9 286 735 106 _
25. Puerperal Sepsis 3 4 2 _ _ —
26. Epidemic Stomatitis 686 665 811 696 576 _
27. Whooping Cough 617 22 14 8 6 _
28. Chickenpox 1750 1313 803 1018 1112 1
The table above shows the incidence of epidemic diseases in 1960—
1964 as also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease during
the same period.