[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey.

  • Guernsey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table III. PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS AT DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS. Under Years Years Years Years Over 1 year. 1-5. 5-15. 15-25. 25-65. 65 years. 1900-1904 ... ... 24.0 ... 9.0 ... 4.0 ... 5.0 ... 27.0 ... 31.0 1905-1909 ... ... 22.3 ... 8.0 ... 3.0 ... 4.6 ... 28.0 ... 34.0 1910-1914 ... ... 20.2 ... 7.2 ... 3.3 • • • 3 « S • • • 27.8 ... 37.7 1915-1919 ... ... 12.5 ... 5.1 ... 3.6 ... 4.9... 33.1 ... 40.7 1920-1924 ... ... 11.5 ... 3.6 ... 3.7 ... 5.5 ... 30.4 ... 45.3 1925-1929 ... ... 11.2 ... 3.4 ... 2.5 ... 4.0... 30.2 ... 48.6 1930-1934 ... 8.6 ... 2.9 ... 1.7 ... 3.2... 30.5 ... 53.1 1935-1939 ... 7.4 ... 2.3 ... 2.1 ... 2.4... 30.0 ... 55.8 1940 Jan.-June ... 5.9 ... 2.9 ... 1.2 1 ^ • * t J- • u • • • 34.4 ... 55.1 July-Dee. ... 3.3 0 ... 0 • • • 1 • 0 • • • 31.3 ... 63.8 1911 1.2 ... 0.7 ... 0.3 ... 2.5 ... 32.6 ... 62.7 Owing to the evacuation of June 1940, the figures this year and for the last six months of 1940 are not really comparable with the figures of former years, as the age distribution of the popula- tion has changed to a marked degree. POPULATION. The civil population at the middle of the year is estimated at 23,901. BIRTHS. Ihere were 243 live births, males 125, females 118, a rate of 10.1 per 1,000. Still births numbered 5, and illegitimate births were 14, a rate of 5.8 per cent of total live births, an average rate. The birth rate is, of course, very low, as is to be expected with the present population. DEATHS. There were 398 deaths, males 225, females 173, a rate of 16.6 per 1,000. The death rates for 1940, excluding deaths due to war operations, were 14 per 1,000 for the first six months and 14.6 per 1,000 for the second six months. This rate is high, but this is largely due to the high proportion of old people in our present population, and cannot be altogether attributed to the present conditions, although these may be beginning to show their effects in the mortality rates.