[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths Total Male Female 694 351 343 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 11.2 Death rate adjusted by comparability factor of 1.-07 .... 12.0 Death rate per 1,000 population for England andWaies .... 11.6 TABLE 1 Comparative Annual Numbers and Rates of Births and Deaths for Borough of Bebington since 1939 Year Popula- tion Live Births Infant Deaths Mater nal Mo -tality Death s all ages Total No. Rate Per 1,000 Popu’n (ad- justed) Total No. Rate Per 1,000 Live Births Puer. Fever Other Rate Per 1,000 Live Births Total No. Rate Per 1,000 Popu’n (ad- justed) 1939 42,000 781 18.6 34 43.5 _ 2 2.5 396 9.3 1940 43,180 682 13.4 46 67.2 2 1 4.6 470 10.8 1941 41,910 688 16.4 36 52.6 — 1 1.4 482 11.5 1942 41,880 748 17.8 21 28.0 — - — 403 9.6 1943 41,300 748 18.1 47 62.8 — - - 455 11.0 1944 41,970 857 20.4 36 42.0 — - — 434 10.3 1945 42,390 788 18.3 39 49.0 1 2 3.8 419 10.0 1946 45,620 875 19.4 45 51.0 — 1 1.1 489 10.8 1947 46,640 914 19.6 47 51.3 — 1 1.0 470 10.1 1948 46,780 809 17.2 37 45.5 — 1 1.2 432 9.2 1949 47,030 706 14.9 24 33.9 — 2 2.8 471 9.9 1950 47,150 687 14.5 18 26.2 — 1 1.4 460 9.7 1951 47,300 648 13.7 17 26.3 1 - 1.5 562 11.6 1952 47,790 651 13.7 17 26.2 — - — 529 11.0 1953 48,220 643 12.9 21 32.6 — - — 499 11.0 1954 48,740 635 13.7 15 23.6 — - — 478 10.2 1955 49,100 663 14.2 19 28.7 — - — 513 10.8 1956 49,950 753 15.8 16 21.2 — — — 509 11.4 1957 50,150 766 15.9 10 13.1 — - — 524 11.6 1958 50,540 722 15.9 21 27.2 — — - 552 12.1 1959 51,050 816 16.6 18 22.1 — — — 554 12.1 1960 51,640 870 17.5 27 31.0 — — — 554 12.0 1961 52,060 907 17.6 16 17.6 — — - 639 14.1 1962 52,980 858 16.4 16 18.6 — - - 641 13.8 1963 53,420 978 18.7 16 16.4 - — — 708 14.6 1964 54,070 954 18.0 15 15.7 - - — 632 12.8 1965 54,520 928 17.4 20 21.6 — — — 639 12.6 1966 55,140 929 17.1 17 18.3 — - - 663 12.7 1967 55,520 1018 18.7 10 9.8 — - - 650 12.6 1968 56,230 954 17.3 17 17.8 — - - 674 12.8 1969 57,060 971 17.3 11 11.3 — - - 681 12.7 1970 57,540 941 16.7 15 15.9 — — - 695 12.9 1971 61,960 1038 17.1 17 16.0 — — 694 12.0 It will be noted that the death rate for all ages was higher in 1971 than 1939. The reason for this lies in the fact that our population is ageing, and the proportion of elderly people in the community has become higher. fourteen