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 96 Show data context 54 Show data context 99 Show data context 297 Show data context 405 Show data context 630 Show data context 521 Show data context 278 Show data context 119 Show data context 34 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 579 Show data context 59 Show data context 22 Show data context 16 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 212 Show data context 123 Show data context 65 Show data context 49 Show data context 48 Show data context 77 Show data context 63 Show data context 78 Show data context 47 Show data context 26 Show data context 13 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 1,124 Show data context 419 Show data context 88 Show data context 16 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 2,034 Show data context 26 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 26 Show data context 42 Show data context 51 Show data context 82 Show data context 72 Show data context 84 Show data context
Smallpox 138 Show data context 38 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 832 Show data context 32 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
Measles 557 Show data context 32 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 30 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,879 Show data context 88 Show data context 33 Show data context 37 Show data context 53 Show data context 202 Show data context 356 Show data context 532 Show data context 651 Show data context 504 Show data context 283 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 50 Show data context 76 Show data context 75 Show data context 38 Show data context 10 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 10 Show data context 33 Show data context 73 Show data context 50 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 190 Show data context 81 Show data context 50 Show data context 30 Show data context 40 Show data context 69 Show data context 68 Show data context 66 Show data context 60 Show data context 33 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other 5,027 Show data context 208 Show data context 117 Show data context 144 Show data context 139 Show data context 367 Show data context 572 Show data context 701 Show data context 712 Show data context 744 Show data context 740 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 116 Show data context 72 Show data context 104 Show data context 365 Show data context 502 Show data context 850 Show data context 637 Show data context 302 Show data context 109 Show data context 19 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 832 Show data context 83 Show data context 21 Show data context 13 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 340 Show data context 190 Show data context 127 Show data context 121 Show data context 110 Show data context 162 Show data context 184 Show data context 168 Show data context 106 Show data context 57 Show data context 10 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 1,010 Show data context 371 Show data context 52 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 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 2,498 Show data context 23 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 26 Show data context 43 Show data context 61 Show data context 63 Show data context 94 Show data context 56 Show data context
Smallpox 96 Show data context 20 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,107 Show data context 45 Show data context 2 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 0 Show data context
Measles 805 Show data context 35 Show data context 4 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
Diptheria 178 Show data context 33 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 2,227 Show data context 89 Show data context 21 Show data context 34 Show data context 59 Show data context 213 Show data context 424 Show data context 715 Show data context 912 Show data context 751 Show data context 316 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 25 Show data context 63 Show data context 111 Show data context 132 Show data context 50 Show data context 19 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 49 Show data context 102 Show data context 58 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 181 Show data context 98 Show data context 46 Show data context 35 Show data context 35 Show data context 105 Show data context 92 Show data context 75 Show data context 67 Show data context 48 Show data context 24 Show data context
Other 5,880 Show data context 288 Show data context 175 Show data context 173 Show data context 164 Show data context 464 Show data context 702 Show data context 968 Show data context 1,115 Show data context 1,146 Show data context 842 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 191 Show data context 125 Show data context 145 Show data context 418 Show data context 512 Show data context 1,117 Show data context 1,016 Show data context 517 Show data context 183 Show data context 45 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 1,404 Show data context 136 Show data context 51 Show data context 18 Show data context 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 14 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 271 Show data context 149 Show data context 69 Show data context 97 Show data context 72 Show data context 127 Show data context 74 Show data context 59 Show data context 66 Show data context 25 Show data context 7 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 1,295 Show data context 447 Show data context 60 Show data context 22 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 2,808 Show data context 16 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 13 Show data context 21 Show data context 35 Show data context 48 Show data context 67 Show data context 58 Show data context
Smallpox 226 Show data context 102 Show data context 47 Show data context 57 Show data context 89 Show data context 133 Show data context 72 Show data context 22 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,363 Show data context 42 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
Measles 1,366 Show data context 62 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 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
Diptheria 134 Show data context 38 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 3,987 Show data context 148 Show data context 37 Show data context 47 Show data context 58 Show data context 302 Show data context 593 Show data context 893 Show data context 1,105 Show data context 1,003 Show data context 434 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 35 Show data context 128 Show data context 201 Show data context 198 Show data context 114 Show data context 31 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 15 Show data context 60 Show data context 122 Show data context 82 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 335 Show data context 99 Show data context 59 Show data context 71 Show data context 63 Show data context 114 Show data context 144 Show data context 132 Show data context 113 Show data context 70 Show data context 19 Show data context
Other 8,168 Show data context 372 Show data context 218 Show data context 202 Show data context 250 Show data context 724 Show data context 1,070 Show data context 1,331 Show data context 1,483 Show data context 1,571 Show data context 1,032 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 246 Show data context 110 Show data context 149 Show data context 388 Show data context 505 Show data context 1,172 Show data context 1,117 Show data context 646 Show data context 256 Show data context 58 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 1,945 Show data context 248 Show data context 65 Show data context 45 Show data context 23 Show data context 33 Show data context 17 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 96 Show data context 92 Show data context 89 Show data context 125 Show data context 103 Show data context 127 Show data context 84 Show data context 54 Show data context 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 924 Show data context 371 Show data context 50 Show data context 11 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 2,609 Show data context 22 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 11 Show data context 28 Show data context 58 Show data context 80 Show data context 35 Show data context
Smallpox 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,295 Show data context 52 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
Measles 1,434 Show data context 65 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 372 Show data context 180 Show data context 34 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 4,824 Show data context 298 Show data context 63 Show data context 100 Show data context 106 Show data context 378 Show data context 742 Show data context 1,090 Show data context 1,391 Show data context 1,136 Show data context 474 Show data context
Cancer 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 46 Show data context 161 Show data context 292 Show data context 244 Show data context 131 Show data context 36 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 14 Show data context 69 Show data context 153 Show data context 94 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 404 Show data context 108 Show data context 50 Show data context 48 Show data context 40 Show data context 125 Show data context 154 Show data context 152 Show data context 127 Show data context 75 Show data context 37 Show data context
Other 8,540 Show data context 487 Show data context 301 Show data context 300 Show data context 262 Show data context 736 Show data context 1,307 Show data context 1,675 Show data context 1,954 Show data context 2,073 Show data context 1,330 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 179 Show data context 95 Show data context 108 Show data context 271 Show data context 459 Show data context 940 Show data context 1,060 Show data context 686 Show data context 290 Show data context 76 Show data context 7 Show data context
Other TB 1,916 Show data context 211 Show data context 93 Show data context 38 Show data context 30 Show data context 50 Show data context 35 Show data context 26 Show data context 9 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 48 Show data context 72 Show data context 95 Show data context 128 Show data context 152 Show data context 188 Show data context 111 Show data context 45 Show data context 14 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 638 Show data context 200 Show data context 36 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 3,246 Show data context 16 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 26 Show data context 39 Show data context 72 Show data context 48 Show data context
Smallpox 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,434 Show data context 52 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 1,988 Show data context 86 Show data context 2 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 0 Show data context
Diptheria 480 Show data context 173 Show data context 30 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 4,882 Show data context 203 Show data context 64 Show data context 107 Show data context 136 Show data context 404 Show data context 747 Show data context 1,235 Show data context 1,555 Show data context 1,287 Show data context 531 Show data context
Cancer 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 12 Show data context 54 Show data context 194 Show data context 373 Show data context 393 Show data context 233 Show data context 49 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 15 Show data context 69 Show data context 182 Show data context 109 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 610 Show data context 127 Show data context 60 Show data context 55 Show data context 69 Show data context 147 Show data context 191 Show data context 175 Show data context 167 Show data context 83 Show data context 41 Show data context
Other 9,395 Show data context 393 Show data context 294 Show data context 320 Show data context 301 Show data context 810 Show data context 1,565 Show data context 2,178 Show data context 2,544 Show data context 2,454 Show data context 1,463 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 265 Show data context 85 Show data context 97 Show data context 240 Show data context 327 Show data context 819 Show data context 954 Show data context 771 Show data context 393 Show data context 105 Show data context 9 Show data context
Other TB 1,416 Show data context 195 Show data context 114 Show data context 63 Show data context 46 Show data context 59 Show data context 45 Show data context 28 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 25 Show data context 37 Show data context 27 Show data context 65 Show data context 73 Show data context 158 Show data context 112 Show data context 56 Show data context 22 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 546 Show data context 178 Show data context 35 Show data context 10 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 2,605 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 34 Show data context 47 Show data context 28 Show data context
Smallpox 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 937 Show data context 34 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 1,465 Show data context 47 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 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 728 Show data context 342 Show data context 46 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 3,571 Show data context 155 Show data context 65 Show data context 94 Show data context 159 Show data context 399 Show data context 578 Show data context 845 Show data context 1,172 Show data context 1,284 Show data context 670 Show data context
Cancer 19 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 49 Show data context 212 Show data context 437 Show data context 540 Show data context 368 Show data context 84 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 41 Show data context 134 Show data context 78 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 485 Show data context 113 Show data context 38 Show data context 46 Show data context 54 Show data context 157 Show data context 223 Show data context 183 Show data context 148 Show data context 121 Show data context 60 Show data context
Other 7,389 Show data context 347 Show data context 281 Show data context 264 Show data context 326 Show data context 731 Show data context 1,262 Show data context 2,033 Show data context 2,635 Show data context 2,686 Show data context 1,689 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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Salford 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/10167553/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 01st May 2024