Decennial Cause of Death by Age

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Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 44 Show data context 13 Show data context 31 Show data context 93 Show data context 156 Show data context 274 Show data context 224 Show data context 127 Show data context 58 Show data context 18 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 157 Show data context 19 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 29 Show data context 40 Show data context 27 Show data context 27 Show data context 25 Show data context 36 Show data context 21 Show data context 25 Show data context 21 Show data context 18 Show data context 12 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 116 Show data context 80 Show data context 21 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 315 Show data context 16 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 24 Show data context 26 Show data context 22 Show data context 31 Show data context 43 Show data context 48 Show data context
Smallpox 24 Show data context 12 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 127 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 101 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 35 Show data context 10 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 445 Show data context 23 Show data context 17 Show data context 15 Show data context 19 Show data context 44 Show data context 65 Show data context 82 Show data context 131 Show data context 166 Show data context 140 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 7 Show data context 26 Show data context 33 Show data context 41 Show data context 20 Show data context 13 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 15 Show data context 17 Show data context 17 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 38 Show data context 19 Show data context 10 Show data context 21 Show data context 24 Show data context 31 Show data context 33 Show data context 22 Show data context 30 Show data context 16 Show data context 17 Show data context
Other 1,397 Show data context 93 Show data context 52 Show data context 61 Show data context 65 Show data context 182 Show data context 306 Show data context 340 Show data context 428 Show data context 601 Show data context 658 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 54 Show data context 24 Show data context 37 Show data context 82 Show data context 144 Show data context 280 Show data context 213 Show data context 147 Show data context 80 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 271 Show data context 30 Show data context 13 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 38 Show data context 24 Show data context 20 Show data context 36 Show data context 23 Show data context 24 Show data context 21 Show data context 26 Show data context 19 Show data context 31 Show data context 20 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 188 Show data context 109 Show data context 22 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 271 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 11 Show data context 20 Show data context 29 Show data context
Smallpox 22 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 10 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 155 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 109 Show data context 17 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 32 Show data context 16 Show data context 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 493 Show data context 26 Show data context 11 Show data context 17 Show data context 28 Show data context 41 Show data context 64 Show data context 95 Show data context 163 Show data context 222 Show data context 161 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 10 Show data context 22 Show data context 30 Show data context 47 Show data context 31 Show data context 13 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 25 Show data context 18 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 45 Show data context 18 Show data context 16 Show data context 23 Show data context 19 Show data context 29 Show data context 39 Show data context 34 Show data context 24 Show data context 27 Show data context 14 Show data context
Other 1,493 Show data context 82 Show data context 51 Show data context 62 Show data context 88 Show data context 238 Show data context 347 Show data context 363 Show data context 471 Show data context 676 Show data context 780 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 65 Show data context 34 Show data context 34 Show data context 75 Show data context 121 Show data context 235 Show data context 202 Show data context 155 Show data context 99 Show data context 34 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other TB 269 Show data context 45 Show data context 13 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 14 Show data context 21 Show data context 13 Show data context 21 Show data context 18 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 12 Show data context 14 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 90 Show data context 48 Show data context 10 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 282 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 23 Show data context 22 Show data context
Smallpox 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 146 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 105 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 23 Show data context 28 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context
Lungs 582 Show data context 22 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 13 Show data context 38 Show data context 75 Show data context 108 Show data context 147 Show data context 236 Show data context 186 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 29 Show data context 45 Show data context 72 Show data context 70 Show data context 18 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 29 Show data context 17 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 56 Show data context 22 Show data context 16 Show data context 19 Show data context 25 Show data context 31 Show data context 35 Show data context 39 Show data context 37 Show data context 20 Show data context 18 Show data context
Other 1,497 Show data context 74 Show data context 51 Show data context 71 Show data context 81 Show data context 265 Show data context 470 Show data context 474 Show data context 578 Show data context 777 Show data context 942 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 35 Show data context 25 Show data context 26 Show data context 82 Show data context 113 Show data context 235 Show data context 197 Show data context 143 Show data context 92 Show data context 65 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other TB 215 Show data context 33 Show data context 22 Show data context 16 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 7 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 19 Show data context 13 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 218 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 12 Show data context 12 Show data context
Smallpox 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 191 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 106 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 54 Show data context 44 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 605 Show data context 48 Show data context 11 Show data context 9 Show data context 17 Show data context 52 Show data context 60 Show data context 71 Show data context 139 Show data context 184 Show data context 211 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 36 Show data context 68 Show data context 108 Show data context 89 Show data context 46 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 15 Show data context 30 Show data context 15 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 52 Show data context 25 Show data context 15 Show data context 19 Show data context 26 Show data context 36 Show data context 45 Show data context 35 Show data context 32 Show data context 31 Show data context 19 Show data context
Other 1,272 Show data context 67 Show data context 75 Show data context 74 Show data context 63 Show data context 231 Show data context 409 Show data context 482 Show data context 613 Show data context 819 Show data context 991 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 46 Show data context 9 Show data context 14 Show data context 77 Show data context 123 Show data context 218 Show data context 238 Show data context 190 Show data context 119 Show data context 62 Show data context 15 Show data context
Other TB 167 Show data context 27 Show data context 25 Show data context 20 Show data context 4 Show data context 20 Show data context 16 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 9 Show data context 19 Show data context 23 Show data context 26 Show data context 28 Show data context 35 Show data context 20 Show data context 16 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 18 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 240 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 14 Show data context 25 Show data context
Smallpox 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 117 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 134 Show data context 21 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 137 Show data context 93 Show data context 16 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 483 Show data context 38 Show data context 6 Show data context 15 Show data context 18 Show data context 47 Show data context 69 Show data context 107 Show data context 163 Show data context 291 Show data context 296 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 44 Show data context 83 Show data context 98 Show data context 139 Show data context 60 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context 30 Show data context 19 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 64 Show data context 24 Show data context 8 Show data context 27 Show data context 24 Show data context 41 Show data context 56 Show data context 72 Show data context 46 Show data context 23 Show data context 30 Show data context
Other 1,079 Show data context 60 Show data context 79 Show data context 66 Show data context 81 Show data context 247 Show data context 399 Show data context 512 Show data context 676 Show data context 925 Show data context 1,067 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Respiratory TB 23 Show data context 7 Show data context 32 Show data context 63 Show data context 115 Show data context 237 Show data context 212 Show data context 145 Show data context 109 Show data context 52 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other TB 104 Show data context 37 Show data context 19 Show data context 24 Show data context 23 Show data context 23 Show data context 26 Show data context 18 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 206 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context
Smallpox 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 110 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 68 Show data context 9 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 43 Show data context 37 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 399 Show data context 20 Show data context 8 Show data context 14 Show data context 18 Show data context 46 Show data context 61 Show data context 90 Show data context 144 Show data context 198 Show data context 244 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 14 Show data context 30 Show data context 96 Show data context 142 Show data context 133 Show data context 81 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 10 Show data context 17 Show data context 14 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 45 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 19 Show data context 25 Show data context 34 Show data context 45 Show data context 54 Show data context 52 Show data context 34 Show data context 17 Show data context
Other 889 Show data context 59 Show data context 52 Show data context 53 Show data context 60 Show data context 208 Show data context 340 Show data context 458 Show data context 690 Show data context 980 Show data context 1,250 Show data context
Date: Source:
1851 - 1910 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The Registrar General's Decennial Supplements provided extremely detailed information on causes of death between 1851-60 and 1901-10, but unfortunately used five different classifications of cause of death to cover those six decades. Graham Mooney, of Johns Hopkins University, has therefore defined a simplified cause of death classification to which we have converted the original data. Inevitably, many causes have had to be grouped into an enlarged 'other' category, but we are still able to consistently...


identify the main epidemic diseases. In order to include all decades, we ignore gender and combine the age groups 75 to 84 and 85 upwards, even where the original report separated them.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Maidstone RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Decennial Cause of Death by Age, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10029909/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 28th April 2024