Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1982, Side 219

PUBLIC HEALTH IN ICELAND 1981 AND 1982
A SUMMARY
1. The climatic conditions
1981. The climatic conditions were unfavourable most of the year.
The mean temperature was 1.6°C below the average. The year was one
of the coldest in the century, though 1979 was relatively colder, the .mean
temperature then being 2.1°C below the average. The precipitation was
more than in an average year almost everywhere in the north-eastern
part of the country and in a few places in other parts of the country
but elsewhere below the average.
1982. The climatic conditions were most of the year rather favourable.
The mean temperature was 0.8°C below the average. The precipitation
was more than the average in most of the eastern part of the country and
also in large areas in the western part of the country.
2. Population. Births and deaths
The lst of December 1981 the population of Iceland was 231958 and 235453
on the lst of December 1982 (1980 : 229187). The population of Reykja-
vík in 1981 was 84593 and 86092 in 1982 (1980 : 83766). The estimated
midyear population in 1981 was 230803 and in 1982 233997 (1980 : 228161).
The marriage rate in 1981 was 5.9 and 5.6 in 1982 (1980 : 5.7), the
live birth rate in 1981 was 18.8 and 18.5 in 1982 (1980 : 19.8) and the
death rate in 1981 was 7.2 and 6.8 in 1982 (1980 : 6.7) per 1000 inhabi-
tants. The infant mortality rate was 6.0 in 1981 and 7.1 in 1982 (1980 :
7.7) per 1000 born alive. The perinatal death rate in 1981 was 7.6 and
the same in 1982 (1980 : 8.8).
3. Causes of deaths are shown on pp. 8-32. The following are the most
common.
1981
Diseases of the Heart .........
Malignant Neoplasms ...........
Vascular Lesions of the Brain..
Pneumonia .....................
Accidents (incl. Suicides) ....
Congenital Anomalies ..........
Influenza .....................
Emphysema......................
Infection of Kidney ...........
Aortic Aneurysm ...............
Other and unknown Causes ......
1982
Diseases of the Heart .........
Malignant Neoplasms ...........
Vascular Lesions of the Brain..
Accidents (incl. Suicides).....
Pneumonia .....................
Certain Causes of Perinatal
Mortality .....................
Congenital Anomalies ■.........
Emphysema .....................
Infection of Kidney ...........
Chronic Bronchitis ............
Other and unknown Causes.......
Per 1000
Per 1000 of t-he
Number of deaths population
609 367.7 2.64
365 220.4 1.58
175 105.7 0.76
125 75.5 0.54
123 74.3 0.53
19 11.5 0.08
16 9.7 0.07
15 9.1 0.06
10 6.0 0.04
10 6.0 0.04
189 114.1 0.82
576 363.9 2.46
391 247.0 1.67
149 94.1 0.64
127 80.2 0.54
96 60.6 0.41
14 8.8 0.06
13 8.2 0.06
10 6.3 0.04
10 6.3 0.04
10 6.3 0.04
187 118.1 0.80