Proportion of Infirmity among Males and Females in Urban and Rural Districts of Tasmania, 1891, per 10,000 Persons living.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
URBAN. |
RURAL. |
THE COLONY. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Sick |
162.77 |
116.27 |
56.98 |
54.51 |
84.97 |
73.80 |
| Accident |
22.42 |
5.10 |
15.08 |
1.89 |
17.02 |
2.89 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
3.41 |
2.78 |
3.51 |
4.42 |
3.48 |
3.91 |
| Deaf only |
14.62 |
15.75 |
16.48 |
14.94 |
15.99 |
15.19 |
| Blind |
16.57 |
9.73 |
11.05 |
9.89 |
12.51 |
9.84 |
| Insane † |
16.57 |
1.85 |
29.81 |
36.83 |
26.30 |
25.90 |
| Idiotic † |
1.95 |
4.63 |
2.28 |
4.00 |
2.19 |
4.20 |
| Epileptic † |
1.46 |
2.32 |
3.16 |
2.31 |
2.71 |
2.31 |
| Paralytic |
13.65 |
9.73 |
11.05 |
9.26 |
11.73 |
9.41 |
| Crippled |
7.31 |
3.24 |
10.52 |
3.37 |
9.67 |
3.33 |
| Lost a Limb |
9.75 |
1.39 |
11.57 |
1.26 |
11.09 |
1.30 |
| Lost sight of one eye |
22.42 |
11.58 |
30.86 |
9.26 |
28.62 |
9.99 |
| Other infirmities |
54.10 |
31.50 |
40.50 |
27.57 |
44.10 |
28.80 |
| All infirmities |
347.00 |
215.85 |
242.83 |
179.50 |
270.37 |
190.86 |