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h iS~,U~~0 U-U43 NATIOiU.L CSI.'TER FOR HEALTH STAIISTICS, U.S. Public Health Servfce, Washington, D.C. "Advance Report: Final Mortality Statistics, 1963." (Monthly Vital Statistics Report 13/8 -Supp.:l-8, Nov. 2, 1964) An advance reF:.rt on U.S. mortality in 1963 places respiratory cancer deaths at 46 973 a gain of 55 over 44 644 deaths in 1962 ( de , , , co s 100-164). b:ale deaths were 39,817 against 38,050, up 4.6p, and female deaths 7,156 against 6,594, a gain of 8.5 per cent. The male-female ratio declined slightly, from 5.77 to 1 to 5.56 to 1. Some other comparisons follow: Pa:mber of deaths -----Total---- ----Male------ --Female---- (by rank in 1963) 1963 1962 1963 1962 1963 1962 1. Diseases of the heart 707,830 688,009 411, 9a9 400, 672 295,841 287, 3:; 2. rislignant neoplasms 285,362 278,562 154,288 150,009 131,074 128,55= 3. Vasc. les. aff. nerv. syst. 201,166 197,451 94,239 92,595 106 927 104 85. 4. Accidents - 100,669 97,139 68,639 66 074 , , 26 911 31 06: 5. Int'1. & pneu.nonia 70,751 59,995 39,569 , 33,517 , , 31,192 26,47~ Bronchitis 5,462 4,665 3,947 3,321 1,515 1,34- Other bronchopu]m. dis.* 23,205 20,072 18,517 15,838 4,688 4,2;;- -s largest component: emphysema without mention of bronchitic The increase in bronchitis and other bronchopulmonary diseases combined showed the largest increase of any category in 1963. The rise was 15.9N fc+r both sexes; for males alone, the rise was 17.25%. Mortality per 100,OC0 ---- iotal---- ---- Male------ --Female---- 1g63 1962 1963 1962 1963 1962 Diseases of the heart 375.4 370.3 444.8 438.6 308•5 304•2 T:alignant neoplasms 151.4 149.9 166.6 164.2 136.7 136.1 Vasc. les. aff. nerv. syst. 106.7 106.3 101.7 101.4 111.5 111.0 Accidents 53•4 52.3 74-1 72.3 33.4 32.9 Infl. & pneumonia 37.5 32.3 42.7 36.7 32-5 28.0 Bronchitis 2.9 2.5 4.j 3.6 1.6 1.4. Other bronchopuln_. di-- 12.3 10.8' 20.0 17.3 4.9 4.= The inc, -= in bronchi tis and other bronchopulmonary diseases rtas 14.3;4,; for males -.:ie gain was 16.3% and for females 10~k. I