demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

DEATHS
13. Number of deaths (continued)
[For discussion, see page 34.]
Country Code 1 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
Guatemala ••••••••••••••••'••••••.•.• ... 17 54789 17 50604 17 51 027 17 56 131 64117 55083 56444
Honduras 18 ..•..••••••••••••••••.•••• ... 13678 15616 20318 ·.. 17599 18172 18338
Mexico••••••••••••••••••••.•.••••••. C I' 408471 432763 456540 436476 446216 458906 446361
Nicaragua•••••••••.•..••.••.•....•.• U 11748 11 423 11 350 11 363 11 452 14187 12935
Panama 20.•.•••••••.•...••..••.••••• ... I' 5837 6399 6813 7567 6248 ... 7698
United States 2•..•.•.••.•.•....•.•.•. C 1 392 752 1 479228 1 450427 1 381 391 1 387897 1417269 1 397642
OTHER AREAS
Alaska 2 [U.S.)........................ ·.. .. . ... .. , ... .. . ... ..,
Bahama Islands [U.K.]....•.•..•.•.•.•.• ... 1 121 1 056 914 1 096 1 066 1 052 920
Barbados [U.K.]••..•...•.••.•....••••. ... 3702 3459 3511 3743 3380 3305 3902
Bermudas [U.K.]....................... ... 278 300 329 332 308 314 400
British Honduras....••..•.•..•.••••••.. ... 1 377 1 256 1 054 1 178 1 092 986 1030
Canal Zone 2 [U.S.]•.•.•.••.•••••.•.•.. ·.. 247 246 271 260 288 332 363
Greenland 21 [Den.]••.........•.••.... ... 835 811 474 375 680 356 364
Guadeloupe and dep. [Fr.] .•.••...•.•.• U ... .. , .. . ·.. 3 145 3341 3077
Jamaica ex. dep. [U.K.] ... '\' .••.•.•.••• ... 19706 19629 17481 19124 17536 18243 17317
Leeward Islands" [U.K.] ••....•...•.••• ... 1 687 1772 1 859 1 671 2001 1 814 1 956
Martinique [Fr.).••••••.•••..••••••.... U .. . ... ... ... 3897 3902 3723
Netherlands Antilles.................... U 1072 1052 1 003 968 1053 1 267 1 121
Puerto Rico 2 [U.S.] ••..•..•.•.•.••••••. ... 30748 34790 37129 33874 32633 34468 35492
St. Pierre and Miquelon [Fr.] ••.•••.•..•. U ... .. . .. . ·.. ... ... ...
Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.]..•.••••.•.•. ·.. 7618 7230 7848 7283 7491 7499 7906
Virgin Islands 2 [U.S.] •.•••.•••••...•••• ·.. 492 471 498 488 460 553 468
Windward Islands [U.K.]•.....•.•.•..•.. ·.. 3789 3914 3823 4058 3970 4084 4261
AMERICA, SOUTH
Argentina .......................... U .. 162 768 150092 154275 161 555 149153 151 856 148947
Bolivia " •.••.•••••.•••.•.•.•.•••••.• U 26 ... .., 13 13409 13 13320 13 15381 13 13 185 13 52 834
Chile•••••.••.••.••••••.•....•••••.•. C 112364 114 392 109795 113719 114141 107771 100091
Colombia 2•••••.•••••••••.•.•.••••••. ... 125074 129976 131 241 150670 156309 137786 144095
Ecuador 27••••.•.••.••••.•.••.•••••.• U 49193 56372 60176 56155 61 134 62139 61 802
Paraguay•••••••••••••••.•.•.•.•.•.• U 9661 7847 10182 11481 10492 11 630 13210
Peru 28 ••••....•.•.•••.•••.•.•.•.•.• U 2. 85 212 2. 94 394 2' 94 354 29 97 279 2' 84 388 88113 91949
Uruguay••.••••.•••••....••••••.•.... ... 21514 19843 21561 21 658 19341 20695 20381
Venezuela 20••••••••.••••.•.•••••.••• C I' 54712 58261 61 957 64294 67688 61716 62383
OTHER AREAS
British Guiana ••••••••••.•.•.••.•••... C 30 6762 6800 7367 8704 6728 6397 5517
Falkland Islands ex. dep. [U.K.] ...•....•. ... 19 21 20 20 17 20 30
French Guiana ex. Inini .••••.••.•.••••.• U ... 554 487 649 499 505 626
Surinam 31 [Neth.]..................... ... 1754 1916 1 854 1 916 1 876 2036 1928
ASIA
Burma 32•••••••.•••••••••.••••.•••... ... 247135 264373 299671 311400 303616 ...
r .. .. ,
Ceylon•••••••••••.••••.•.•••••••.... C 33204823 123039 124210 122299 128 611 122738 113003
China.
Taiwan (Formosa) 34••••••••••••••••• ... 106905 106332 109096 111 723 115044 116239 99858
India 3S,." ••••••.•••.•. , ••••••.••••. U 6331 576 6111 971 6112879 6685 120 6165234 26 122 456 26413042
1 Data stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; th06e
stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete
coverage are codedllU".
2 Excluding deaths among armed forces outside country.
13 Excluding deaths occurring within 24 hours after birth.
17 Excluding deaths occurring immediately after birth.
18 1935-1937. years ending 31 July; beginning 1939, years ending 30 June.
19 Coverage notably incomplete in earlier years.
20 Excluding deaths of tribal Indians.
21 Deaths of indigenous population (approximately 98 per cent of total);
including stillbirths.
22 Excluding Virgin Islands (U.K.).
23 Excluding Dominica.
24 Registration incomplete outside Federal Capital and principal cities.
25 Compulsory registration initiated in 1940.
26 Data based on burial perm its.
21 Excluding the Eastern Provinces and Galapagos Islands. Excluding
deaths occurring within 24 hours after birth.
28 Excluding deaths of jungle inhabitants.
29 Including stillbirths.
30 Data for aborigines, representing approximately one-tenth of total
population, are unreliable.
31 Excluding deaths of Bushnegfoes and aboriginal Indians.
32 Registration area only, representing 82.5 per cent of total population at
1931 Census.
33 Large number of deaths allributable to malaria epidemic.
34 Excluding deaths of tribal aborigines.
35 1935-1946: registration area of former British Provinces. representing
approximately 75 per cent of former India, not including Burma,
Beginning 1947, registration area of Republic of India.
36 Excluding East Bengal.
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