TABLE
ITI-10
TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH - UNITED STATES - 1973
Diseases
Number
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Cerebravascular Disease
Malignant neoplasms of
trachea, bronchus & lung.
Diseases of arteries,
arterioles & capillaries
Pneumonia
Motor vehicle accidents
Malignant neoplasms of
prostate
Malignant neoplasms of
intestine(except rectum)
Diabetes Mellitus
Cirrhosis of liver
Rate/iN00 Population
674 ,066
3.26
74,933
. 36
58,698
55 ,824
55,571
.28
27
265
214,312
1.02
18,830
|
38 ,380
38,208 —
. 184
. 183
. 182
33,350
159
TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH - PERU - 1972
Diseases
Number
Pneumonia
Enteritis
Bronchitis, emphysema &
—
asthma
Tuberculosis of respiratory
system
Influenza
Avitaminoses & other nutritional deficiencies
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Cerebrovascular Disease
Whopping cough
Measles —
15,954
10,728
Source:
4,616
Rate/1090 Population
1.104
. 742
.
32
3,585
3,045
248
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2,33]
2,003
},924
1,765
1,709
. 161
. 139
. 133
.122
.118
World Health statistical annual, 1973-76, Vital Statistics and
Cause of Death, Vol. 1, World Health Organization, 1976.
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