Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1968, Blaðsíða 164

1968
— 162 —
Per 1000
Per 1000 of of the
Number deaths population
Diseases of the Heart 395 284.4 1.96
Malignant Neoplasms 294 211.7 1.46
Apoplexy 196 141.1 0.97
Accidents (all forms) 115 82.8 0.57
Pneumonia (Pn. of infants included) .. 86 61.9 0.43
Diseases of Infants (P,n. excepted) .... 43 31.0 0.21
General Arteriosclerosis 26 18.7 0.13
Infections of Kidney 15 10.8 0.07
Congenital Malformations 15 10.8 0.07
Pulmonary Embolism and Infarction . . 13 9.4 0.06
Other and unknown Causes 191 137.5 0.95
4. Epidemic Diseases. The incidence of epidemic diseases in 1968 is
shown in tables II, III and IV, 1—28.
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Deaths Totals
1. Acute Tonsillitis 12758 11264 11823 13620 12392 1
2. Acute Respiratory Catarrh 28820 31640 26622 24696 24412 16
3. Diphtheria - - - - - -
4. Dysentery (Paradysentery) - - - - -
5. Epidemic Encephalitis 6 3 2 3 2 1
6. Erysipelas 78 41 47 65 57 -
7. Erythema nodosum 11 21 10 5 3 -
8. Rheumatic Fever 40 25 16 7 12 3
9. Enteric Fever — - - - - -
10. Paratyphoid - 1 - 1 - 1
11. Acute Intestinal Catarrh 4519 6219 5424 5659 4127 16
12. Infectious Hepatitis 9 6 3 5 2 1
13. Herpes Zoster 190 210 209 212 228 1
14. Influenza 4542 2967 8030 965 11254 40
15. Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis . 16 7 9 7 8 8
16. Measles 255 5 172 5872 141 4
17. Morbus Akureyrensis 1 - - - 1 -
18. Infective Myositis 3927 233 103 59 128 -
19. Mumps 63 45 37 17 7258 -
20. Pemphigus neonatorum 39 39 64 47 36 -
21. Bronchopneumonia 1333 1242 1110 980 908 * 467
b. Lobar Pneumonia 84 74 64 54 41
22. Acute Poliomyelitis - - 2 - - -
23. German Measles 2317 91 139 58 55 -
24. Scarlet Fever 106 31 20 17 46 -
25. Puerperal Sepsis - 3 1 - - i
26. Epidemic Stomatitis 576 613 602 530 310 -
27. Whooping Cough 6 1136 1321 6 3 -
28. Chickenpox 1112 1150 818 688 714
The table above shows the incidence of epidemic diseases in 1964—
1968 as also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease during
the same period.