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Death rates in the registration area, by principal causes, 1921 to 1926

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Death rates in the registration area, by principal causes, 1921 to 1926
  1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 19261
  per 100,000 population
Typhoid fever 8 6 7 4 5 5
Measles 5 3 5 7 3 10
Scarlet fever 6 5 5 5 4 4
Whooping cough 10 7 11 8 8 13
Diphtheria 20 16 13 13 9 10
Influenza 15 37 54 20 32 55
Tuberculosis, lungs 61 59 60 57 56 69
Tuberculosis, other organs 14 13 13 12 11 15
Cancer 75 79 78 83 82 81
Diabetes mellitus 10 11 11 10 9 11
Anaemia chlorosis 11 12 11 12 12 11
Meningitis 9 5 4 5 4 9
Cerebral haemorrhage, apoplexy 41 40 38 35 34 32
Paralysis 13 11 11 11 10 14
Infantile convulsions (under 5 years) 10 9 7 7 6 6
Diseases of the heart 94 102 114 108 113 122
Diseases of the arteries 40 44 48 55 56 53
Bronchitis 14 13 11 7 6 6
Pneumonia 93 98 95 75 76 90
Diarrhea and enteritis 50 44 31 28 33 58
Appendicitis 13 13 13 14 14 14
Hernia, intestinal obstruction 9 10 9 11 10 10
Nephritis 32 32 38 40 43 55
Diseases of the prostate 5 5 6 6 7 9
Puerperal causes 14 14 13 14 13 14
Congenital malformations 13 14 15 16 16 16
Diseases of early infancy 95 95 87 81 75 105
Senility (old age) 45 42 44 39 31 29
Suicides 7 7 8 8 9 7
Violent deaths (suicides excepted) 57 56 58 55 57 55
Other specified causes 137 130 12 129 125 102
Total specified causes 1,025 1,035 1,048 975 970 1,131
Ill-defined diseases 32 26 19 19 17 13
Total deaths 1,057 1,061 1,067 991 987 1,144
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.