H.—3l

The chances of a child of five years of age at the present time ultimately dying of cancer are greater than were those of his father or grandfather when of that age, but this increased risk must be weighed against the longer expectation of life which he enjoys as compared with his father or grandfather at that age. On the other hand, it may be said that the chances of cancer developing in an individual at any particular age are no greater than they were a generation or more ago, but, should cancer develop and end fatally, the chances of the death being certified as due to cancer" are enhanced.

Table E.—Cancer: Average Yearly Number of Deaths per 10,000 of Population by Sex and in each Age-group.

Gliest Diseases.—ln the table of principal causes of death, it will be seen that there has been an increase in the number of deaths and in the crude death-rate from the various conditions included under this term. The rate is, however, lower than for the years 1929 to 1932. In Table F are shown the death-rates for pneumonia, bronchitis, and pleurisy combined. Deaths from pneumonia as a complication of influenza and the other infectious diseases were not included in the deaths from which the rates were calculated. The death-rates from influenza are given separately in Table G, and deaths from pneumonia complicating the infectious diseases such as whooping-cough and measles form a very small portion of the total deaths from pneumonia. The figures show that as causes of death the respiratory diseases mentioned are declining, even among the aged. The most marked decrease has occurred in children under five years of age. (Note.—Prior to 1908 pneumonia would probably take precedence over influenza as the cause of death when both were mentioned on the certificate of death.)

Table F.—Pneumonia, Bronchitis, and Pleurisy: Average Yearly Number of Deaths per 10,000 of Population by Sex and in each Age-group.

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Males. I Females. Age. j ~ — 1899- 1904- 1909- 1914- 1919- 1924- i 1929- i 1899- 1904- 1909- 1914- 1919- 1924- 19291903. 1908. 1913. 1918. 1923. 1928. I 1933. , 1903. 1908. 1913. 1918. 1923. 1928. 1933. I II.' f " ī ~~ 0-1 .. 0-2 0-5 0-6 0-3 0-8 .. 0-2 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-1 0-4 1-5 .. 0-1 0-2 0-7 0-5 0-4 0-3 0-4 .. 0-4 0-4 0-2 0-4 0-3 0-3 5-10 .. 0-4 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-1 10-15 .. 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-3 0-2 0-05 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-2 15-20 .. 0-4 0-4 0-3 0-4 0-4 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-3 20-25 .. 0-4 0-3 0-3 0-5 0-4 0-8 0-5 0-5 0-1 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-3 0-5 25-30 .. 0-6 0-7 0-6 0-9 0-3 0-5 0-9 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-6 0-6 1-0 0-9 30-35 .. 0-7 0-9 1-3 0-7 1-0 1 0 0-9 1-8 1-7 2-1 1-9 1-9 2-5 2-5 35-40 .. 2-8 1-9 2-3 2-2 2-3 2-5 2-6 4-7 ' 4-6 4-7 4-0 4-3 4-4 4-5 40-45 .. 4-6 4-3 4-6 4-7 4-5 4-1 3-8 10-4 1 9-9 9-6 7-9 8-5 8-4 7-3 45-50 .. 10-7 8-8 8-3 9-6 8-4 8-8 8-4 18-4 j 14-9 16-6 17-1 14-7 15-8 14-8 50-55 .. 16-1 17-0 19-1 16-8 16-6 15-4 17-1 22-9 21-0 22-3 23-5 24-5 24-3 20-9 55-60 .. 29-2 24-5 30-0 27-2 27-7 29-3 23-7 32-7 33-0 35-2 32-2 31-7 30-0 28-2 60-65 .. 37-0 45-1 46-0 41-1 47-4 50-1 44-6 39-9 44-5 41-1 44-1 42-1 43-5 42-5 65-70 .. 51-4 53-3 60-5 68-2 65-8 76-6 75-3 [ 46-8 I 56-3 58-1 61-9 55-7 55-7 55-1 70-75 .. 73-7 80-1 81-9 94-7 91-7 96-7 94-4 62-4:62-0 73-0 70-6 84-0 82-0 79-6 75-80 .. 83-2 90-3 87-9 90-4 105-1 130-5 137-8 77-4 75-9 102-5 82-5 99-0 93-5 102-8 80 and over .. 71-6 79-4 96-5 112-1 100-0 128-9 147-0 48-7 i 60-8 96-7 90-4 99-8 114-6 125-9 All ages .. 6-9 7-2 7-9 8-8 8-7 9-8 10-5 6-2 i 6-7 7-7 7-9 8-7 9-5 11-2

Males. Females. Age. i ~~~ ■ ~~ T — 1899- 1904- 1909- I 1914- 1919- 1924- 1929- 1899- 1904- 1909- 1914- 1919- 1924- 1929 1903. 1908. 1913. ] 1918. 1923. 1928. 1933. 1903. 1908. 1913. 1918. 1923. 1928. 1938. 0-1 .. 110-8 86-1 64-7 45-7 46-0 42-7 38-1 98-0 68-2 50-3 36-0 37-7 40-4 29-4 1-5 .. 13-6 11-6 8-7 8-4 10-2 6-4 5-9 12-6 10-9 9-3 7-6 8-6 8-0 4-6 5-10 .. 2-0 1-8 1-5 1-3 2-1 1-6 1-0 1-4 1-8 1-2 1-3 1-5 0-9 0-9 10-15 .. 0-7 0-8 0-7 0-5 0-8 0-7 0-9 1-3 1 0 0-8 0-4 0-7 0-6 0-5 15-20 .. 1-7 1-0 11 1-2 1-7 1-0 1-0 1-5 1-8 1-0 1-1 1-6 ]-0 0-9 20-25 .. 2-4 2-6 1-8 2-5 2-3 1-4 1-7 1-8 2-2 1-6 0-9 1-5 0-9 0-7 25-30 .. 2-8 2-4 1-6 3-3 2-2 1-4 1-8 2-6 2-3 1-7 1-7 1-9 1-2 0-9 30-35 .. 1 3-6 3-0 2-4 3-7 3-7 1-9 2-3 2-9 3-0 2-7 2-0 3-0 1-8 1-7 35-40 .. ! 5-8 4-3 3-7 4-1 5-0 3-3 3-7 4-9 4-2 2-9 3-0 2-9 2-5 2-4 40-45 .. 8-1 5-0 5-6 4-8 7-2 3-9 5-7 5-4 3-9 2-9 2-6 3-5 2-2 2-2 45-50 .. 9-2 7-9 7-9 6-5 9-0 5-9 6-1 6-3 5-8 2-9 2-4 3-4 2-5 3-0 50-55 .. 13-1 10-6 7-4 7-4 9-8 8-1 7-2 9-8 7-5 5-2 3-8 5-3 3-4 3-6 55-60 .. 16-8 13-3 11-6 10-7 12-9 10-1 9-5 14-5 13-3 8-4 5-8 6-1 4-6 5-0 60-65 .. 25-5 21-5 16-7 14-5 19-2 15-6 13-3 24-7 21-0 14-7 14-5 13-4 9-0 7-7 65-70 .. 42-5 39-6 29-8 24-5 30-8 26-6 19-8 41-1 35-8 22-7 21-7 24-5 18-2 13-7 70-75 .. 72-2 64-2 44-6 47-4 54-9 40-4 34-5 71 • 1 59-4 45-1 45-2 44-1 31-2 23-*> 75-80 .. 119-9 103-3 80-2 77-2 91-2 72-5 55-4 128-6 105-4 94-5 79-4 96-2 68-4 56-6 80 and over .. 188-1 190-9 153-6 156-3 205-0 179-2 158-6 174-5 178-5 142-7 147-6 153-1 164-9 136-0 All ages .. 11-7 10-3 i 8-2 8-3 9-6 7-3 6-8 9-4 8-5 j 6-6 5-8 6-7 5-6 4-7