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Sepsis of Childbirth and the
Puerperium .................
Pemphigus Neonatorum .......
The table above shows the incidence of infective and parasitic di-
seases and deaths from each disease. Diseases of which there have
been no cases for the last ten years are not included in this table.
5. Cancer (cf. pp. 37-38)
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Deaths ...................... 297 335 302 316 333
6. Maternity. The total number of births in 1980 was 4549, 4528 born
alive and 21 stillborn.
Deaths in connection with childbirth during the preceeding years have
been as follows:
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Complications of Pregnancy,
Childbirth and Puerperium.... - -
Puerperal Sepsis ............. - -
Total Number of Deaths .......
The maternity death rate in 1980 was 0.0 per 1000 children born.
7. Induced Abortion (cf. table VI)
During the year 523 induced abortions took place under the Birth
Control Act. Social indications had been taken into consideration in
445 cases, medical indications in 42 cases and social as well as
medical indications had been taken into consideration in 31 cases.
8. Accidents. The rate of deaths by accidents (including suicides)
is 0.64 per 1000 of the whole population.
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Deaths by Suicide 19 23 26 30 24
Deaths (incl. by other Accidents homicides) 95 132 130 113 121
Classification of accidents (external causes) is shown on pp. 15-17
9. Health Personnel (cf. table I). The total number of licensed
doctors in Iceland was 727 at the end of the year 1980 where of
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