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 12 Show data context 11 Show data context 23 Show data context 56 Show data context 73 Show data context 104 Show data context 72 Show data context 42 Show data context 30 Show data context 13 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 197 Show data context 26 Show data context 14 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 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
Typhus & Typhoid 33 Show data context 23 Show data context 24 Show data context 17 Show data context 22 Show data context 24 Show data context 22 Show data context 12 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 81 Show data context 21 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 144 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 9 Show data context 14 Show data context 32 Show data context
Smallpox 94 Show data context 16 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 69 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 115 Show data context 8 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 40 Show data context 24 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 284 Show data context 14 Show data context 7 Show data context 10 Show data context 12 Show data context 25 Show data context 44 Show data context 43 Show data context 80 Show data context 96 Show data context 132 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 10 Show data context 31 Show data context 19 Show data context 28 Show data context 12 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 23 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 8 Show data context 13 Show data context 12 Show data context 20 Show data context 15 Show data context 21 Show data context 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other 1,171 Show data context 56 Show data context 38 Show data context 35 Show data context 37 Show data context 99 Show data context 148 Show data context 185 Show data context 284 Show data context 442 Show data context 552 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 40 Show data context 11 Show data context 25 Show data context 82 Show data context 80 Show data context 187 Show data context 106 Show data context 60 Show data context 26 Show data context 17 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 206 Show data context 20 Show data context 8 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 25 Show data context 35 Show data context 27 Show data context 19 Show data context 28 Show data context 26 Show data context 27 Show data context 23 Show data context 21 Show data context 15 Show data context 5 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 270 Show data context 120 Show data context 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 260 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 9 Show data context 14 Show data context 20 Show data context 30 Show data context
Smallpox 69 Show data context 15 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 109 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 0 Show data context
Measles 84 Show data context 7 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
Diptheria 30 Show data context 17 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 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 1 Show data context
Lungs 368 Show data context 21 Show data context 9 Show data context 15 Show data context 12 Show data context 44 Show data context 40 Show data context 60 Show data context 82 Show data context 118 Show data context 122 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 16 Show data context 46 Show data context 41 Show data context 39 Show data context 14 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 30 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 39 Show data context 13 Show data context 15 Show data context 10 Show data context 24 Show data context 25 Show data context 32 Show data context 23 Show data context 25 Show data context 13 Show data context 18 Show data context
Other 1,497 Show data context 63 Show data context 45 Show data context 49 Show data context 44 Show data context 144 Show data context 184 Show data context 255 Show data context 378 Show data context 503 Show data context 638 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 39 Show data context 16 Show data context 28 Show data context 78 Show data context 84 Show data context 170 Show data context 124 Show data context 77 Show data context 43 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 238 Show data context 20 Show data context 18 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 17 Show data context 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 25 Show data context 20 Show data context 18 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 7 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 51 Show data context 26 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 279 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 16 Show data context 16 Show data context
Smallpox 35 Show data context 34 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 17 Show data context 13 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 113 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 0 Show data context
Measles 62 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 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 20 Show data context 16 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 523 Show data context 16 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 29 Show data context 50 Show data context 67 Show data context 106 Show data context 163 Show data context 169 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 25 Show data context 43 Show data context 50 Show data context 36 Show data context 24 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 21 Show data context 23 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 45 Show data context 14 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 23 Show data context 24 Show data context 27 Show data context 24 Show data context 27 Show data context 22 Show data context
Other 1,408 Show data context 62 Show data context 35 Show data context 63 Show data context 56 Show data context 133 Show data context 232 Show data context 310 Show data context 476 Show data context 658 Show data context 803 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 32 Show data context 20 Show data context 26 Show data context 77 Show data context 100 Show data context 203 Show data context 138 Show data context 78 Show data context 35 Show data context 13 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 179 Show data context 29 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 12 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 41 Show data context 16 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 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
Gastro-intestinal 213 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 17 Show data context 21 Show data context
Smallpox 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 137 Show data context 3 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 0 Show data context
Measles 55 Show data context 5 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
Diptheria 29 Show data context 26 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 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 0 Show data context
Lungs 589 Show data context 25 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 28 Show data context 56 Show data context 65 Show data context 127 Show data context 204 Show data context 204 Show data context
Cancer 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 34 Show data context 103 Show data context 113 Show data context 103 Show data context 44 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 20 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 32 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 15 Show data context 21 Show data context 28 Show data context 22 Show data context 31 Show data context 25 Show data context 21 Show data context 14 Show data context
Other 1,372 Show data context 52 Show data context 39 Show data context 52 Show data context 67 Show data context 142 Show data context 208 Show data context 321 Show data context 507 Show data context 773 Show data context 866 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 21 Show data context 11 Show data context 20 Show data context 56 Show data context 80 Show data context 163 Show data context 123 Show data context 69 Show data context 38 Show data context 21 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 178 Show data context 32 Show data context 20 Show data context 17 Show data context 14 Show data context 16 Show data context 16 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 28 Show data context 11 Show data context 7 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 20 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 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
Gastro-intestinal 262 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 12 Show data context 28 Show data context
Smallpox 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 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
Whooping Cough 94 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 77 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 32 Show data context 15 Show data context 7 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 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 459 Show data context 14 Show data context 7 Show data context 9 Show data context 7 Show data context 26 Show data context 44 Show data context 68 Show data context 119 Show data context 186 Show data context 192 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 20 Show data context 42 Show data context 94 Show data context 136 Show data context 141 Show data context 71 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 27 Show data context 23 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 45 Show data context 19 Show data context 7 Show data context 15 Show data context 17 Show data context 26 Show data context 30 Show data context 31 Show data context 35 Show data context 24 Show data context 23 Show data context
Other 1,343 Show data context 69 Show data context 53 Show data context 63 Show data context 64 Show data context 141 Show data context 265 Show data context 402 Show data context 591 Show data context 915 Show data context 1,086 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 11 Show data context 11 Show data context 14 Show data context 37 Show data context 57 Show data context 110 Show data context 89 Show data context 70 Show data context 37 Show data context 25 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other TB 79 Show data context 18 Show data context 13 Show data context 16 Show data context 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 10 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 10 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 154 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 16 Show data context
Smallpox 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 86 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 0 Show data context
Measles 72 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 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 0 Show data context
Diptheria 28 Show data context 16 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 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 322 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 46 Show data context 36 Show data context 54 Show data context 107 Show data context 182 Show data context 232 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 50 Show data context 119 Show data context 160 Show data context 194 Show data context 98 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 26 Show data context 16 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 31 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 9 Show data context 11 Show data context 29 Show data context 19 Show data context 32 Show data context 32 Show data context 25 Show data context 24 Show data context
Other 1,020 Show data context 55 Show data context 41 Show data context 45 Show data context 55 Show data context 150 Show data context 215 Show data context 372 Show data context 604 Show data context 896 Show data context 1,153 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, Scarborough 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/10139594/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 26th April 2024