demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

DEATHS
14. Crude death rates (continued)
[See headnote on page 198.]
Country Code 1 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
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1936 1937 1938 1939
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Nicaragua 15••••••••••••..•••••••• U ... ... ... 12.1 13.1 13.3 12.6 12.3 12.0 11.8
Panama 20•••••••••••••••.•••••••• ... 19 13.1 16.4 15.8 15.6 15.7 11.9 12.7 13.1 14.2 11.4
United States 21 ••••••••••••••••••• C 2211.3 22 11.1 2210.9 10.7 11.1 10.9 11.6 11.3 10.6 10.6
OTHER AREAS
Alaska 21 [U.S.] .•••.••••••••••.•.•• ... ... ... ... .., ... ... .. . ... ... ...
Bahama Islands [U.K.] .••••••••••••.• ·.. 16.9 ... 20.0 18.5 16.3 17.4 16.1 13.7 16.3 15.6
Barbados [U.K.] •••••.•.•••••••••••• ... 24.9 28.2 20.6 21.9 25.1 22.0 20.3 20.3 21.4 19.1
Bermudas [U.K.] ••••••••••.•••.•••• ... 10.0 11.2 12.0 11.0 10.3 9.3 9.9 10.7 10.7 9.8
British Honduras••..•••••••••••.••• ... 19.7 37.6 21.0 21.6 18.6 26.1 23.6 19.6 21.7 19.9
Canal Zone 21 [U.S.] .•.•.•...•.•...• ... 7.1 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.4 5.9 5.6 6.2 5.8 6.3
Greenland 23 [Den.] .•.•.•.•••.•.••. ... 23.6 26.0 37.2 21.8 28.9 47.7 46.1 26.6 20.7 37.2
Jamaica ex. dep. [U.K.] •.•.•.••••••. ... 17.3 18.9 17.4 19.7 17.3 18.0 17.7 15.6 16.8 15.1
Leeward Islands 24 [U.K.] .•.•.••••••. ... 25.3 21.7 18.3 18.0 19.0 19.1 19.8 20.6 18.3 21.8
Netherlands Antilles .••••••••••••••. U 17.5 17.1 13.2 10.7 10.8 12.6 11.8 10.8 9.9 10.2
Puerto Rico 21 [U.S.] •••••...•.•.•.•• ·.. ... ... 22.0 22.3 18.9 18.0 20.0 20.9 18.7 17.7
St. Pierre and Miquelon [Fr.] ••••••••• C ... ... ... ... ... .., ... ... ... ...
Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.] •••••••••• ... 19.1 20.1 17.1 19.6 18.6 17.5 16.3 17.4 15.9 16.1
Virgin Islands 21 [U.S.] •••••••••••••• ... 21.9 20.1 20.0 21.0 18.0 20.9 19.8 20.7 20.0 18.6
Windward Islands [U.K.] •••••••••••• ... ... ... 15.8 16.1 15.2 15.9 16.1 15.5 16.1 15.5
AMERICA, SOUTH
Argentina 25...................... U 26 ... ... ... ... ... .., ... ... 11.4 10.4
Bolivia••••••••••••••••••••••••••• U 27 ... ... ... ... ... .., ... 13 4.1 13 4.0 13 4.6
Chile............................ C 24.7 22.0 22.7 26.5 26.3 24.4 24.4 23.1 23.5 23.3
Colombia •••••••••••••••••••••••• ... 12.7 13.6 11.2 15.5 15.6 15.3 15.5 15.4 17.3 17.6
Paraguay•••••••••••••••••••••••• U ... 11.2 10.3 15.7 12.3 10.6 8.4 10.9 12.1 10.8
Peru 28........................... U 512.0 512.6 511.8 512.1 512.7 513.9 515.1 514.9 515.1 512.8
Uruguay••••••••••••••••••••••••• ·.. 10.7 11.0 10.1 10.3 10.0 10.6 9.7 10.4 10.3 9.1
Venezuela 29•••••••••••••••••••••• C 19 17.2 18.4 17.1 18.5 ... 16.6 17.4 18.1 18.3 18.7
OTHER AREAS
British Guiana..................... C 30 23.2 22.0 21.2 24.6 24.9 20.9 20.7 22.1 26.0 20.0
Surinam 31 [Neth.].................. ... 14.0 14.6 13.5 13.2 12.8 12.0 13.0 12.4 12.6 12.1
ASIA
Burma 32 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• ·.. 18.8 17.3 17.1 18.2 19.9 19.5 20.6 23.1 23.8 23.0
Ceylon........................... C 25.5 22.1 20.5 21.2 22.9 3336.6 21.9 21.7 21.0 21.8
China,
Taiwan (Formosa) 34 •••• : ••••••••• ... 19.8 21.7 20.7 20.1 20.9 20.7 20.1 20.1 20.0 20.1
India 35.......................... U 24.8 25.1 21.6 22.3 24.8 23.4 22.3 22.0 23.7 21.6
1 Rates derived from data stated to be complete or virtually complete
are coded "C", those derived from data stated to be affected by
irregularities in registration or incomplete coverage are coded "U".
5 Including stillbirths.
1.3 Excluding deaths occurring within 24 hours after birth.
15 Rates for years before 1950 based on population estimates not yet
revised in accordance with 1950 census results.
19 Coverage notably incomplete in earlier years.
20 Excluding tribal Indians.
21 Data relate to population excluding armed forces outside country.
22 Death registration states only, representing 95 per cent of total
population.
23 Indigenous population (approximately 98 per cent of total). Deaths
include stillbirths.
24 Excluding Virgin Islands (U.K.).
25 Rates for years before 1944 based on population estimates not yel
revised in accordance with 1947 census results.
26 Registration incomplete outside Federal Capital and principal cities.
27 Compulsory registration initiated in 1940.
28 Excluding jungle inhabitants.
29 Excluding tribal Indians. Rates for 1942-1950 based on population
estimates not yet revised in accordance with 1950 census results.
30 Data for aborigines, representing approximately one-tenth of total
population, are unreliable.
31 Excluding Bushnegroes and aboriginal Indians.
32 Registration area only, representing 92.5 per cent of total population
at 1931 census.
33 High rate attributable to malaria epidemie.
34 Excluding tribal aborigines.
35 1930-1946: 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. Rates for
years 1942-1949 based on population estimates not yet revised in
accordance with 1951 census results.
36 Excluding East Bengal.
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