Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	40	13	9	8	5
Measles	105	186	117	47	30
Scarlatina	88	141	224	193	182
Diphtheria	45	56	65	86	71
Whooping-cough	445	183	74	37	18
Typhus	56	40	55	72	54
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,052	147	47	19	11
Cholera	17	2	2	2	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	113	65	77	72	46
Cancer	1	0	2	0	2
Scrofula & Tabes	518	141	48	33	19
Phthisis	146	86	28	16	21
Hydrocephalus	153	100	53	29	16
Diseases of Brain	1,235	253	110	54	47
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	73	16	6	7	5
Diseases of Lungs	1,480	569	218	149	76
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	224	24	17	11	8
Diseases of Kidneys	12	2	1	3	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	2	4	2	2	1
Diseases of Skin	46	4	3	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	67	57	48	40	41
Other Causes	6,258	515	120	42	33

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	33	11	11	5	7
Measles	93	190	97	53	28
Scarlatina	72	136	207	191	175
Diphtheria	36	45	72	85	99
Whooping-cough	407	232	121	53	26
Typhus	41	49	66	68	71
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	820	135	32	13	10
Cholera	15	0	2	0	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	110	62	62	60	43
Cancer	0	0	1	2	1
Scrofula & Tabes	397	123	57	21	17
Phthisis	110	66	27	17	23
Hydrocephalus	85	72	37	22	18
Diseases of Brain	931	210	94	58	37
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	56	18	10	11	6
Diseases of Lungs	1,082	499	210	125	89
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	143	20	13	12	21
Diseases of Kidneys	5	6	1	5	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	4	3	3	3
Diseases of Skin	24	4	2	2	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	57	31	41	25	24
Other Causes	5,060	485	110	46	29

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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