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OUT of a total of 9,530 deaths in Queensland in 1939, 2,786 were classified as due to diseases of the heart or circulatory system. Cancer and other tumours were responsible for 1,069, and diseases of the respiratory system for 811. Parasitic and infectious diseases claimed a total of 747, the chief of these being pulmonary tuberculosis (290) and influenza (221). Violent or accidental deaths claimed 812 victims. Out of a mean population of 1,013,000, more than 95,000 received treatment at public hospitals during the year.
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Vital Statistics in Queensland. Nature 147, 804 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147804a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147804a0