INCIDENCE OF AGE, ATHEROMA, AND ANEURISMS AS SEEN 

 . IN AUTOPSIES OF FILIPINOS ^ 



By C. H. Manlove 



{Froin the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, University of the 



Philippines) 



This report is based on a study of the autopsy records from 

 the department of pathology and bacteriology, of the University 

 of the Philippines, and on statistics of the Philippine Health 

 Service. The total number of records of autopsies examined is 

 5,400, which were performed over a period of nine years. The 

 report is similar to one from India by Rogers. 



AGE INCIDENCE 



An examination of Rogers's (5) work on age incidence in India 

 shows his report to be as follows. The great majority of deaths 

 occurs at an early period of life. In his autopsy series although 

 but 2.7 per cent were under 11 years of age, yet 80 per cent of 

 the Hindus and 62 per cent of the Mohammedans were not above 

 40 years of age, while 52 per cent of the Hindus and 44 per cent 

 of the Mohammedans were not over 30 years of age. Further, 

 only 6 per cent were from 51 to 60 years of age. He also states 

 that these early deaths cannot be fully accounted for by the 

 prevalence of tropical diseases, such as cholera, dysentery, and 

 tropical fevers. 



The Philippines, as India, has a high mortality at an early 

 period of life. During 1914, out of a population of 6,925,319 

 people within the registration area, we find that 55.49 per cent 

 of all deaths occurred between the ages of and 9 years, 72.91 

 per cent before the age of 40 years, 6.18 per cent between the 

 ages of 40 and 49 years, 5.26 per cent between 50 and 59 years, 

 and 14.96 per cent above 60 years of age. In 0.50 per cent the 

 age is not stated. 



The age incidence in Manila, as found by examination of the 

 records of 2,000 consecutive autopsies, shows 36.7 per cent of all 

 deaths to occur before the age of 10 years, 81.05 per cent before 

 the age of 40 years, 8.1 per cent between the ages of 41 and 50 

 years, and 10.85 per cent above 50 years of age, the average age 



' Received for publication July, 1917. 



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