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OF INDIA DURING THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
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Distribution by length of residence of the aggregate strength of the European Army of Madras during the three years 1877 to 1879.
ARMY AS A BODY. | First and second years. | Third to sixth year. | Seventh to tenth year. | Ten years and upwards. |
32,482 | 9,364 | 11,285 | 8,554 | 3,279 |
Deaths of the three-year period 1877 to 1879 and the death-rates at the different periods of residence.
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | NUMBER OF DEATHS. | DIED PER 1,000 OF THE STRENGTH ABOVE STATED. | RATIO OF LIABILITY IN PERCENTAGES. | ||||||||||
First and Second years. |
Third to sixth year. |
Seventh to tenth year. |
Ten years and upwards. |
First and second years. |
Third to sixth year. |
Seventh to tenth year. |
Ten years and upwards. |
First and second years. |
Third to sixth year. |
Seventh to tenth year. |
Ten years and upwards. |
Total=100. | |
Cholera | 17 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 1.82 | 2.13 | 2.45 | 3.36 | 18.66 | 21.82 | 25.10 | 34.42 | 100 |
Enteric fever | 29 | 13 | 8 | ... | 3.10 | 1.15 | .94 | ... | 59.73 | 22.16 | 18.11 | ... | 100 |
Other fevers | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.28 | .36 | .47 | .92 | 42.24 | 11.88 | 15.51 | 30.37 | 100 |
Apoplexy | 23 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2.46 | 1.06 | 2.10 | .92 | 37.62 | 16.21 | 32.11 | 14.06 | 100 |
Delirium tremens | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | .11 | ... | .35 | .61 | 10.28 | ... | 32.71 | 57.01 | 100 |
Dysentery and diarrhœa | 21 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 2.24 | 1.68 | 2.80 | 4.27 | 20.38 | 15.29 | 25.48 | 38.85 | 100 |
Hepatitis | 16 | 27 | 43 | 8 | 1.71 | 2.39 | 5.03 | 2.44 | 14.78 | 20.66 | 43.47 | 21.09 | 100 |
Phthisis pulmonalis | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | .85 | .98 | 1.64 | 1.21 | 18.16 | 20.94 | 35.04 | 25.86 | 100 |
Heart diseases | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | .21 | .53 | 1.17 | 4.58 | 3.24 | 8.16 | 18.03 | 70.57 | 100 |
All other diseases | 14 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 1.50 | 2.30 | 2.69 | 5.48 | 12.53 | 19.22 | 22.47 | 45.78 | 100 |
All diseases | 143 | 142 | 168 | 78 | 15.28 | 12.58 | 19.64 | 23.79 | 21.43 | 17.65 | 27.55 | 33.37 | 100 |
All diseases, excluding cholera | 126 | 118 | 147 | 67 | 13.46 | 10.45 | 17.19 | 20.43 | 21.88 | 16.98 | 27.94 | 33.20 | 100 |
Suicidal deaths | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | .21 | .53 | .82 | .92 | 8.47 | 21.37 | 33.06 | 37.10 | 100 |
Accidental death | 13 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1.39 | .62 | 2.10 | 2.44 | 21.22 | 9.46 | 32.06 | 37.26 | 100 |
All causes, excluding cholera | 141 | 131 | 172 | 78 | 15.06 | 11.60 | 20.11 | 23.79 | 21.34 | 16.44 | 28.50 | 33.72 | 100 |
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