demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

DEATHS
23. Deaths by cause, age and sex {continued>
[See headnote on page 420.]
AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
United States (ex. armed forces outside country)-1948
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Cause of death
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Sexe masculin
(Abridged International List, Fifth Revision, 1938. All ages Under 1 65 and over Unknown
Detailed List numbers are shown in parentheses) Tous ages Moins de 1 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65 et plus Inconnu
All causes•...•.•.•.•.•••.•••.•••.•.•...•.•• 820931 65151 10419 9442 20266 74206 254701 386053 693
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (1, 2) .••••.•...•.• 143 4 4 17 13 40 40 25 -
2 Plague (3) •••••••••.•.•.•....•.•.•.•••••..•••• - - - - - - - - -
3 Scarlet fever (8) •••.•••••••..•.••...•••••....•• 37 5 8 16 2 5 1 - -
4 Whooping cough (9).•.•.......•..•.•.•.......•. 537 413 115 8 1 - - - -
5 Diphtheria (10)........•..••••.•.•.•.....•.•••. 352 28 162 80 7 31 35 9 -
6 Tuberculosis of the respiratory system (13)........•. 26593 82 139 103 1 353 7538 12005 5355 18
7 All other forms of tuberculosis (14-22).............. 1 959 90 283 106 173 497 524 285 1
8 Malaria (28) ••.••••••.•.......•.•.••••....•••• 99 4 8 4 2 19 27 35 -
9 Syphilis (30).•.••.•...•.........•.•.....•••••.• 8474 265 3 10 54 1 181 4541 2403 17
10 Influenza (33).................................. 2556 528 163 65 51 153 474 1 120 2
11 Smallpox (34).••.•••.•.•.••.........•.•.•..... 3 - - - - 1 2 - -
12 Measles (35)••••.•...••.•...•.•.•.......•.•.•. 441 100 202 108 12 8 3 8 -
13 Typhus fever and typhus-like diseases [RickettsiosesJ
(39) .••••••..•..••••.•.••••••••....•..•••.• 109 - 4 11 5 17 34 38 -
14 Other infectious or parasitic diseases (4-7, 11, 12,
23-27,29,31,32,36-38,40-44).............. 5486 786 592 635 523 1071 1 136 741 2
15 Cancer and other malignant tumors (45-55)•....•••. 97944 64 371 413 708 5596 38285 52454 53
16 Nonmalignant tumors or tumors of unspecified nature
(56,57)•••••••.••••••...•.••.•••••.•••.•.•• 1 968 - 52 96 101 395 844 477 3
17 Chronic rheumatism and gout (59, 60).••••.•.•••.•. 658 - - 1 11 32 130 484 -
18 Dia betes mellitus (61)........................... 14384 8 21 52 131 795 5056 8315 6
19 Chronic or acute alcoholism (77) •.•••.••••••••••.•. 2026 1 1 2 33 714 1 008 256 11
20 Avitaminoses, other general diseases, diseases of the
blood and chronic poisonings (58, 62-76, 78, 79) •• 8840 822 567 587 468 1074 2479 2839 4
21 Meningitis (nonmeningococcall and diseases of the
spinal cord (81, 82)........................... 2646 360 227 137 144 371 749 658 -
22 Intracranial lesions of vascular origin (83) ••••••.•••• 64132 110 107 104 204 2279 17916 43374 38
23 Other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
(80, 84-89)•...•.•.••..••••••••.•.•.•.•.•••• 5442 452 337 350 451 1 108 1 379 1 361 4
24 Diseases of the heart (90-95)••.•....••.•.•.•.•••• 281 276 73 132 436 1 042 14538 101 440 163427 188
25 Other diseases of the circulatory system (96-103).••. 18076 20 9 10 62 617 2902 14445 11
26 Bronchitis (106).•••.•.•••.••••••.•...•••.•.•••. 2098 316 181 42 25 140 592 799 3
27 Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia (107-109)••••••.• 29553 6658 1 391 419 442 2069 6396 12157 21
28 Other diseases of the respiratory system (104, 105,
110.114).....•..•.••••••••.•.•••.•.•••••••• 6730 391 184 72 146 671 2476 2782 8
29 Diarrhea and enteritis (119, 120)•.•.•..•.•.•••••• 4811 3576 439 56 58 152 I 233 297 -
30 Appendicitis (1 21 ).•.•.•.•.•.•.........•.•••..•. 2553 15 121 227 221 484 879 603 3
31 Diseases of the liver and biliary passages (124.127) •. 14108 36 47 32 86 2120 7051 4725 11
32 Other diseases of the digestive system (115.118,
122,123,128,129)•.•.••.••.••••••.•••••••• 16185 521 360 259 245 1 835 6381 6569 15
33 Nephritis (130-132).•..•.•••••..•.....•.•.•.•.•• 41 390 68 154 234 553 2763 11547 26041 30
34 Other diseases of the urinary and genital systems
(133-139) •••••.••••••••••.•••..•••••.•.•••. 9966 83 37 43 47 366 1 946 7436 8
35 Puerperal infection (140, 147)....................
36 Other diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and the
puerperium (141-146, 148·150)..•.•.•..•••••• .
37 Diseases of the skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs
of movement (151·156).•••.••.•••••••.••.•••• 840 110 23 18 52 112 258 267 -
38 Congenital malformations and debility, premature
birth and diseases peculiar to the first year of life
(157~161).................................. 46878 44984 783 328 255 299 181 46 2
39 Senility, old age (162).•.•.•.••••.•.•..••••.•.•. 4147 - - - 56 4086 5
40 Suicide (163, 164)••.•••••.•.......•.•••••••••. 12505 - - 41 737 3601 5407 2708 11
41 Homicide (165·168) .•.•••••••.••••••••••••••••• 6651 72 38 73 1 216 3540 1 403 297 12
42 Automobile accidents (all motor-driven road vehicles)
(170).•••.•.•.; ....•.•.••••.•.•..••....•••• 24881 96 866 1 616 5830 7030 5495 3920 28
43 Other violent or accidental deaths (suicide, homicide
44
and automobile accidents excepted) (169, 171.198). 42319 1 884 2016 2531
Causes of death iII-deflned, unknown or unspecified
4608 9873 10120 11 161 126
(199,200)••.•.•.•••.••••.•.•.•.......•••••• 11 135 2126 272 100 194 1 071 3270 4050 52
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