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10,000 of population m 1902 to ml Jii,dna 1 decreased during the same penod from 9-58 to 7 74. Deaths and Deatn-rates from and Percentage of Total Deaths, 1902-11 Number Percentage of Mean of Deaths from Rate Total Deaths Year. Population. Tubercular per 10,000. £RO m all Causes. Diseases. n cq 1902 ■ ?«■?«> BOa '£25 MS SS :■ : :: HI I - S

Ages of Persons who died from Tubercular Diseases, 1911.

(per 1,000) of from Tota i Deaths. Tuberculosis. 1-52 10-50 England and Wales (1909) • • • • " 0 . 75 7 . 62 New South Wales • • • • _ _ 0-97 8-49 Victoria • • • • "' " .. 0-59 6-06 Queensland •• •• " " .. 0-99 9-72 South Australia . . • • • • '' _ 0-86 8-50 Western Australia ■ • ■ • "' .. 0-81 7-31 Tasmania •• ••. '" .. 0-73 7-58 New Zealand CANOEB.

Males. Females. Total. Ages. Males. Females. Total. Ages. Under 5 years 5 years and under 10 .. 10 " 20 " 15 „ 20 •• 9ft 25 .. IS " 30 .. 11 " 35 .. 35 " X ■• 40 „ 45 •• 29 11 9 16 37 48 54 52 40 28 8 9 39 55 71 34 25 21 57 19 18 55 92 119 88 77 61 45 years and under 50 50 „ 55 55 „ 60 60 „ 65 65 ", 70 70 „ 7 5 75 " 80 36 18 22 14 12 6 1 13 5 9 3 6 5 2 49 23 31 17 18 11 3 Total deaths 405 333 738

Deaths from Cancer. Total Deaths from Deaths, all j Cancer per 10,000 Causes. > of Living Persons. i __J — Percentage of Total Deaths due to Cancer. Year. 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 536 582 571 566 623 674 657 711 742 809 8,375 8,528 8,087 8,061 8,339 10,066 9,043 8,959 9,639 9,534 672 7-10 6-76 6-51 6-96 7-33 695 7-32 747 7-97 6-40 6-82 7-06 702 747 6-70 7-27 7-94 7-70 8-49