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CAUSES OF DEATH (THE WHOLE DOMINION). The deaths registered during 1907, arranged in the several classes according to their assigned causes, give the rates shown here.

Causes of Death. Number of Deaths. Proportion to Total Deaths. .2 -2 C4 O i—t § # o« H o U O i-H o o Pμ o Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Class I.—Specific febrile or zymotic disPer Cent. 6-67 3-20 002 Per Cent. 8-91 301 Per Cent. 7-63 ! 3-12 0-01 eases, — Order 1. Miasmatic diseases „ 2. Diarrhoeal diseases „ 3. Malarial diseases „ 4. Zoogenous diseases 5. Venereal diseases „ 6. Septic diseases ... 384 184 1 384 130 768 314 1 8-35 3-42 0-01 3-05 •1-08 001 29 7 59 14 88 0-12 0-50 0-16 1-37 6-14 0-87 015 0-96 019 065 Total Class I 605 580 1,185 10-51 13-45 11-77 1289 4-98 Class II.—Parasitic diseases 6 10 16 0-10 0-23 016 0-17 0-17 Class III.—Dietetic diseases 35 17 52 0-61 0-39 0-52 0-57 0-72 Class IV.—Constitutional diseases ... 912 818 1,730 15-85 18-98 17-19 18-82 17-17 Class V. —Developmental diseases ... 604 488 1,092 10-50 11-32 10-85 11-88 10-90 Class VI. —Local diseases, — Order 1. Diseases of nervous system „ 2. Diseases of organs of special 501 4 409 3 910 7 8-70 0-07 9-49 007 9-04 0-07 9-90 0-08 9-64 0-07 senses „ 3. Diseases of circulatory system „ 4. Diseases of respiratory system „ 5. Diseases of digestive system „ 6. Diseases of lymphatic system „ 7. Diseases of urinary system „ 8. Diseases of reproductive system, — (a.) Of organs of generation (b.) Of parturition „ 9. Diseases of locomotive system „ 10. Diseases of integumentary system 758 653 529 16 286 475 493 474 23 128 1,233 1,146 1,003 39 414 13-17 11-35 9-19 0-28 4-97 ll ; 02 11-44 10-99 0-53 2-97 12-52 11-39 9-96 0-39 4-11 13-41 12-47 10-91 0-42 4-50 12-62 10-90 8-73 0-35 4-27 2 27 29 0-03 0-63 0-29 0-32 0-36 9 87 11 87 20 046 2-02 0-25 0-86 0-20 0-95 0-22 0-84 0-32 13 12 25 0-23 0-28 0-25 0-27 014 Total Class VI 2,771 2,142 4,913 48-15 49-69 48-81 53-45 48-24 Class VII.' —Violence, — Order 1. Accident or negligence „ 2. Homicide „ 3. Suicide... „ 4. Execution 506 4 92 99 2 10 605 6 102 8-79 0-07 1-60 2-30 005 0-23 601 6-06 101 6-58 0-07 1-11 6-30 0-12 0-93 Total Class VII 602 111 713 10-46 2-58 7-08 7-76 7-3i Class VIII. —Ill-defined and not-speci-fied causes Grand totals 220 145 365 382 3-36 3-62 3-97 3-5: 5,755 4,311 10,066 10000 10000 10000 109-51 93-11