1957 - United Nations Statistics Division

DEATHS
8. Crude death rates (continued)
[See headnote on page 186.]
Continent and country Code 1 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
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AFRICA (continued)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
Federation of [UK] (cant.!:
Southern Rhodesia
Indigenous population•••••••••
European population••••••.•• , t C
Ruanda-Urundi [8elg. Adm.]:
Indigenous population•••••••••
European population ** .
Ruanda (Registration area)
Indigenous population•••••••• ,
St. Helena ex. dep. [UK] ** .
sao Tome and Principe [Port.] ••••••
Seychelles [UK] ...••••••••••••••.
Sierra Leone [UK]:
Colony•••••••••••••••••••.•.. t ...
Somaliland [Ital. Adm.]:
Italian population ** .
South West Africa 19:
White population....... • • • • •• t C
Spanish Guinea H................ t U
Spanish Possessions in North Africa:
Ceuta .
Melilla •••••••••••••••••••••••
Sudan .
Swaziland [UK]:
European population ** .
U
t C
t C
Tunisia. •••••••••••••••••••••••• t U
European population.... • • • • •• t C
Uganda [UK]... . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• t...
Union of South Africa:
8antu population.. • • • • • • •• • •• t U 21
White population....... • • • • •• t C
Coloured (mixed) population •• , t C
Asiatic population. • • • • • • • • • •• t C
Zanzibar and Pemba [UK]. • • • • • • •• t U
AMERICA, NORTH
Alaska [US] •••••••••••••••••••••
Bahama Islands [UK] ••••••••••••••
Barbados [UK] •••••••••••••••••••
Bermuda 22 [UK] ••••••••••••••••••
British Honduras .
Canada 24 ••••••••••••••••••••••
Canal Zone •••••••••••••••••••••
Costa Rica ••••••••••••••••••••••
Cuba H ••••••••••••••••••••••••
Dominican Republic•••••••••••••••
EI Salvador.••••••••••••••••••••
Greenland 26 [Den.] ..
C
C
t C C23
t C C
C
t U
t U
t U U 25
9.2
6.6
9.7
16.9
24.9
10.0
19.7
10.8
7.1
22.5
21.6
23.6
8.3
6.9
16.8
9.6
7.6
8.4
6.8
9.6
12.6
10.3
6.6
10.3
15.2
23.7
7.4
9.2
7.3
25.8
6.6
9.0
13.7
29.9
3 10.0 3 7.1 3 7.4 3 9.7 3 8• 1
9.4 9.9 9.3 9.6 10.6
28.2
11.2
37.6
10.2
7.4
24.7
10.2
22.4
26.0
20.0
20.6
12.0
21.0
10.0
7.3
22.9
10.9
21.9
37.2
* Provisional.
** Rates for some years in this series are computed on frequencies less
than 50.
t Rates known to be by year of registration rather than by year of
occurrence.
1 ,Rates stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; those
stated to be affected by ,irregularities in registration or incomplete
coverage are coded "U".
3 Not computed by the Statistical Office of the United Nations.
7 Registration believed to be complete for "civilized" population only,
which represents a relatively small proportion of the total.
9 For indigenous population only and rate not computed by the Statisti.
cal Office of the United Nations.
14 Rates exclude deaths of infants dying within 24 hours of birth.
18 Official rate, estimated from sample survey.
19 Former mandated territory (Union of South Africa).
18.5
21.9
11.0
21.6
9.7
7.0
21.7
12.4
23.6
21.8
188
16.3
25.1
10.3
18.6
9.5
5.7
18.6
11.6
25.3
28.9
17.6
17.4
22.0
9.3
26.1
9.9
5.4
22.9
12.0
25.1
47.7
13.7
9.6
17.6
16.1
20.3
9.9
23.6
9.9
5.2
21.0
10.7
8.2
21.2
46.1
10.1
17.0
13.7
20.3
10.7
19.6
10.4
5.6
19.2
10.2
7.8
20.5
26.6
7.3
9.6
21.2
16.3
21.4
10.7
21.7
9.7
5.2
17.7
11.1
8.4
19.1
20.7
9.3
10.8
32.4
8.2
9.4
16.2
15.6
19.1
9.8
19.9
9.7
5.7
19.3
9.8
8.8
19.6
37.2
8.4
10.1
29.6
6.2
14 13.5
14.9
9.4
14.8
15.1
18.5
9.9
17.7
9.8
5.8
18.1
9.7
9.2
19.1
19.1
10.0
9.6
35.6
7.6
7.2
14 18.6
23.6
6.7
9.4
13.6
13.0
21.8
12.4
18.2
10.1
4.3
18.1
9.3
8.3
18.4
19.1
* Donnees provisoires.
,o,o Dans cette serie, les taux pour certaines annees ant ete calcules sur la
base d'un nombre de deces inferieur a 50.
t Statistiques etablies selon ('annee de I'enregistrement et non I'annee
de I'evenement.
1 La lettre "c" designe les donnees considerees comme completes au
pratiquement completes; la lettre "U" les donnees considerees comme
incompletes au faussees par des irregularites d'enregistrement.
3 Ce taux n'a pas ete calcule par Ie Bureau de statistique des Nations
Unies.
7 L'enregistrement n'est probablement complet que pour 10 population
"civilisee", qui represente une fraction relativement foible de 10
population totale.
9 Population indigene seulement; ce taux n'a pas ete calcule par Ie
Bureau de stotistique des Nations Unies.
14 Non campris les enfants decedes dans les 24 heures qui ant suivi leur
naissance.
18 Estimation afficielle, etabHe d'apres des sondages.
19 Territoire auparavant sous mandat (Union Sud-Africaine).
9.3
11.3
38.7
2.6
6.9
16.2
17.6
6.6
9.3
14.6
14.0
18.2
12.1
21.9
9.8
2.9
21.0
9.4
8.9
22.8
22.9