Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1974, Side 149

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PUBLIC HEALTH IN ICELAND 1974 - A SUMMARY
1. The climatic conditions were favourable except in January, February
and December. The mean temperature was 0.3° (C) above the average.
The precipitation was 15% above the average.
2. Population. Births and Deaths. The population was on December
lst 1974 216628 including Reykjavík 84772 (1973: 213499 and 84333).
The estimated midyear population was 215324 (212364). The marriage
rate was 8.8 (8.3), the live birth rate 19.9 (21.7) and the death
rate 6.9 (6.9), per 1000 inhabitants. The infant mortality rate
was 11.7 (9.6) per 1000 born alive. The perinatal death rate was
16.7 (16.2) (cf.p. 90) .
3 , Causes of deaths are shown on pp. 73 - 88. The following ten
are the most common.
Per 1000
Number of deaths
Per 1000
of the
population
Diseases of the Heart ......
Malignant Neoplasms ........
Vascular Lesions of the Brain
Accidents (incl. Suicides) .
Pneumonia ..................
Certain Causes of Perinatal
Mortality ..................
General Arteriosclerosis ...
Infectlon of Kidney ........
Congenital Malformation ....
Pulmonary Embolism and
Infarction .................
Other and unknown Causes . . .
422
313
201
158
96
282.3
209.4
134.4
105.7
64.2
1.96
1.45
0.93
0.73
0.45
31
25
16
16
20.7
16.7
10.7
10.7
0.14
0.12
0.07
0.07
13
204
8.7
136.4
0.06
0.95