PARLIAMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND Forty-second Annual Report of the Registrar General 1963 Presented to Parliament pursuant to Statute Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed 1th October, 1964 BELFAST HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE PRICE 125. 6c/. NET H.C. 1622 General Register Office Fermanagh House Ormeau Avenue Belfast, 2 15th September, 1964 To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE IVAN NEILL, M.P., Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland. SIR, I have the honour to submit the Forty- second Annual Report on the Births, Still­ births, Deaths, and Marriages registered in Northern Ireland, together with Abstracts of the particulars of such registrations. The Report relates to the year ended 31st December, 1963 at which date the civil registration of Births, Deaths and Roman Catholic Marriages had been in operation in Northern Ireland for 100 years. The Abstracts have been prepared for pre­ sentation to Parliament, pursuant to the pro­ visions of statutes governing the registration system. The Report draws attention to the salient features of the vital statistics contained in the Abstracts, and information is given relating to notification of infectious diseases, migration and the weather. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, A. T. PARK, Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Northern Ireland. 3 Table of Contents REPORT Page GENERAL NOTES 7 StJMMARY 9 SERIAL STATISTICS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND 10 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, NORTHERN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND THE IRISH REPUBLIC H POPULATION 12 MARRUOES Number and Rate 13 Ages at Marriage 13 Method of Celebration 13 LIVE BIRTHS Number and Rate 15 Proportion of Males to Females 17 Illegitimate Births 17 Multiple Births 17 DEATHS Number and Rate ......... 18 Deaths in Hospitals 20 Cause of Death 20 Proportion of Deaths from the Principal Causes 20 Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases ..... 20 Influenza 22 Tuberculosis ........... 22 Cancer ............ 23 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. 25 Heart Diseases ........... 25 Bronchitis 26 Pneumonia ........... 26 Pregnancy and Childbirth 27 Infant Mortality 29 Mortality among Illegitimate Children ...... 32 Violent Deaths 33 STILL-BIRTHS 35 CERTIFICATION OF DEATHS AND STILL-BIRTHS 37 LIFE TABLE 38 MIGRATION Inter-censal net loss .......... 39 Migration by sea between Northern Ireland and countries outside Europe 40 Ages of Migrants 41 Occupations of Migrants . .41 METEOROLOGY 42 ADMINISTRATION Introductory 46 Buildings licensed or registered for Marriages ..... 46 State of Registration 46 Legitimacy Acts (N.I.), 1928 to 1961 46 AdoptionofChildren Act (N.I.), 1950 46 Searches and Certificates 46 Verifications ........... 47 5 ABSTRACTS Page 1. Marriages by County and Month of Registration .... 50 2. Conjugal Condition of Persons Contracting Marriages . 50 3. Ages of Men at Marriage 51 4. Ages of Women at Marriage 51 5. Ages and Conjugal Conditions of Persons Married ... 52 6. Ages in combination of Men and Women at Marriage . 56 7. Live Births in each of the Counties, showing the number in each quarter of the year, distinguishing Males and Females ... 57 8. Deaths in each of the Counties showing the number in each quarter of the year, distinguishing Males and Females 57 9. Deaths by causes of Males and Females at different Age-Periods , 58 10. Deaths from non-transport accidents by Age and Sex, (a) While Working (b) by Place of Occurence 78 11. Deaths in Northern Ireland and in each of the Counties and County Boroughs, also in the aggregates of the Urban Areas (excluding the Co. Boroughs) and Rural Areas by causes and at certain Age-Periods, distinguishing Males and Females ... 80 12. Population, Live Births, Still-births and Deaths in each Administrative Area 102 13. Deaths of Males and Females at different Age-Periods in each of the Counties: Death Rates by Sex and Age-Periods for Northern Ireland . 106 14. Death Rates by Sex and Age-Periods, 1926, 1937, 1944-1963 . 107 15. Deaths by Sex at each year of age and by Conjugal Condition . 108 16. Number of Deaths from Principal Causes at certain Age-Periods . 110 16a. Proportion of Deaths from Principal Causes at certain Age-Periods 112 17. Deaths from Cancer by Sex, Age and Site 114 18. Deaths from Cancer in each County and County Borough by Sex and Site 116 19. Population of Northern Ireland by Sex and Age according to the Census of 1961 117 20. Deaths from the Principal Causes by Month ,x)f Registration, dis­ tinguishing Males and Females . .118 21. Infant Mortality by Cause, Age and Sex, also Illegitimate Infant Mort­ ality by Cause . .120 22. Infant Mortality by Cause and Month of Registration . .124 23. Infant Mortality in each County and County Borough, also the aggre­ gates of the Urban and Rural Areas, 1960-1963 . .125 24. Mortality among Illegitimate Children in each County and County Borough, 1960-1963 125 25. Still-births by cause and period of gestation . .126 26. Northern Ireland, Belfast County Borough and Londonderry County Borough—Summary of Vital Statistics for the years 1961, 1962,1963 127 27. Notifications of certain Infectious Diseases . .128 DIAGRAMS 1. Marriage Rates in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic . 14 2. Birth Rates in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic 16 3. Death Rates in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic 19 4. Death Rates from Cancer in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic 24 5. Maternal Mortality Rates in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic 28 6. Infant Mortality Rates in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Irish Republic 30 6 General Notes The figures contained in this Report may be regarded as superseding the provisional figures already pubUshed for the year 1963 in the Registrar General's weekly and quarterly returns. The value of the statistical information concerning deaths contained in the Registrar General's Annual Reports and other publications is to a large extent dependent on the degree of care and accuracy with which the members of the medical profession enter the required particulars on the form of medical certificate of the cause of death. Rates are assessed per 1,000 of the estimated home population as at the 30th June unless otherwise stated. Marriage rates relate to the number of marriages solemnised, not to the number of persons married. Comparisons with rates (births, deaths, etc.) recorded in other parts of the British Isles are included in several tables and diagrams. These comparisons are substantially correct but it should be remembered that (with the exception of Diagram 3) they are crude rates only and take no account of changes in or differences between the age and sex structure of the populations. Generally speaking, the classifications adopted for the purposes of this Report are the Intermediate and Abbreviated Lists contained in the "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death, 1955." Where more than one cause of death is reported, the death is classified according to the underlying cause, i.e. the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death. This method of class­ ification is followed even if the deceased may have recovered from the underlying cause long before the date of death. In the text and tables the term "Neo-natal MortaUty" relates to deaths of children under 4 weeks of age and the term "Infant Mortality" to deaths of all children (including Neo-natal) under 1 year of age. Perinatal deaths include deaths of infants under one week plus still-births. The term Cancer, where used, refers to all malignant neoplasms and neoplasms of the lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues, except Hodgkin's Disease, Leukaemia and Aleukaemia (I.S.C. Nos. 140-200, 202, 203 and 205). In general in the tables and abstracts, dots (•) are used to indicate "none", and dashes (—) are used to indicate that information cannot be given or that the headings are not applicable. Throughout the Report, births and deaths have been recorded accord­ ing to date of registration and not to date of occurrence. They have also been allocated to the district of normal residence, if in Northern Ireland, births having been assigned to the districts containing the normal resi­ dence of the parents, and deaths to the districts containing the normal residence of the deceased persons. Events occurring in Northern Ireland relating to persons whose normal residence is outside Northern Ireland have been assigned to the district of occurrence. 7 Report 1963 SUMMARY The rates for births, deaths and marriages were higher than in 1962 and the still-birth rate was lower. The following figures indicate the general trend of marriages, births and deaths over the past thirty years. More detailed comparisons will be found in Tables A and AI. 1933 1953 1962 1963 Estimated population 1,258,000 1,384,000 1,435,400 1,446,000 Marriages Number 7,630 9,416 9,842 10,155 Rate 61 6-8 6-9 70 Live Births Number 24,601 28,984 32,565 33,414 Rate 19-6 20-9 22-7 23-1 Illegitimate Live Births Number 1,237 818 774 879 Still Births Number * * 745 663 Ratet * * 22 19 Deaths Number 18,154 14,813 15,226 15,899 Rate 14-4 10-7 10-6 110 Perinatal Number * * 1,265 1,219 Ratet * * 38 36 Neo-Natal Number 812 622 591 626 Ratet 33 21 18 19 Infant Number 1,960 1,090 864 902 Rate J 80 38 27 27 Maternal Number 133 17 10 14 Rate 5-41 0-6J 0-3t 0-4t Deaths from Heart disease (all forms) * 4,811 5,765 6,079 Coronary disease Callages) * * 2,987 3,287 (under 50 years) * * 187 179 (50-64 years) * • 818 1,006 (65 years and over) * * 1,982 2,102 Cerebral haemorrhage etc.