Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1975, Side 139

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PUBLIC HEALTH IN ICELAND 1975 - A SUMMARY
1. The climatic conditions were unfavorable in the summer except in
the north and east part of the country but the autumn was favorable
all over the country. The mean temperature was 0.7° (C) under the
average. The precipitation was 5% above the average.
2. Population, Births and Deaths. The population was on December
lst 1975 219033 including Reykjavík 84856 (1974: 216628 and 84772)
The estimated midyear population was 218031(215324). The marriage
rate was 7.7 (8.8), the live birth rate 20.1 (19.9) and the death
rate 6.5 (6.9), per 1000 inhabitants. The infant mortality rate
was 12.5 (11.7) per 1000 born alive. The perinatal death rate was
15.6 (16.7) (cf.p. 78).
3. Causes of deaths are shown on pp. 60- 72. The following ten are
the most common.
Number
Per 1000
of deaths
Per 1000
of the
population
Diseases of the Heart .....
Malignant Neoplasms .......
Accidents (incl. Suicides)
Vascular Lesions of the Brain
Pneumonia .................
Certain Causes of Perinatal
Mortality .................
Congenital Malformation . . .
Infection of Kidney .......
General Arteriosclerosis . .
Paralysis Agitans .........
Other and unknown Causes . .
422
323
150
147
115
27
23
20
10
10
165
298.9
228.8
106.2
104.1
81.4
116.9
19.1
16.3
14.2
7.1
7.1
0.12
0.11
0.09
0.05
0.05
0.76
1.94
1.48
0.69
0.67
0.53