Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex
Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860:
| Sex = Male | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) | 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 to 84 | 85 up |
| Small-pox |
54
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Measles |
331
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Scarlatina |
360
|
139
|
16
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Diphtheria |
37
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping-cough |
212
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
95
|
57
|
36
|
35
|
45
|
54
|
32
|
26
|
22
|
19
|
6
|
1
|
| Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty |
648
|
14
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
10
|
24
|
25
|
34
|
24
|
0
|
| Other Zymotic Dis. |
209
|
24
|
7
|
11
|
8
|
15
|
25
|
23
|
19
|
20
|
6
|
1
|
| Cancer |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
12
|
22
|
11
|
8
|
0
|
| Scrofula, Tabes Mesent. |
117
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Phthisis |
97
|
32
|
57
|
169
|
201
|
272
|
195
|
165
|
94
|
21
|
11
|
0
|
| Hydrocephalus |
372
|
38
|
12
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diseases of Brain |
1,365
|
50
|
34
|
23
|
23
|
42
|
45
|
75
|
108
|
130
|
56
|
5
|
| Heart Dis. & Dropsy |
31
|
15
|
18
|
17
|
13
|
40
|
50
|
81
|
87
|
91
|
20
|
4
|
| Dis. of Lungs |
1,010
|
34
|
14
|
24
|
17
|
49
|
96
|
145
|
204
|
176
|
68
|
10
|
| Dis. of Stom. & Liver |
107
|
15
|
19
|
24
|
22
|
37
|
63
|
80
|
100
|
64
|
24
|
2
|
| Dis. of Kidneys |
5
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
13
|
12
|
22
|
25
|
16
|
1
|
| Dis. of Gener. Organs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dis. of the Joints |
4
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Dis. of the Skin |
10
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violent Deaths |
86
|
49
|
30
|
36
|
31
|
56
|
55
|
45
|
32
|
28
|
7
|
1
|
| Other Causes |
1,172
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
9
|
19
|
18
|
26
|
69
|
202
|
290
|
65
|
| Sex = Female | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) | 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 to 84 | 85 up |
| Small-pox |
58
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Measles |
310
|
16
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Scarlatina |
370
|
150
|
17
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diphtheria |
29
|
13
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Whooping-cough |
313
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
90
|
70
|
51
|
49
|
45
|
46
|
37
|
18
|
31
|
25
|
6
|
0
|
| Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty |
554
|
12
|
9
|
9
|
6
|
15
|
13
|
25
|
36
|
44
|
24
|
8
|
| Other Zymotic Dis. |
226
|
18
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
15
|
13
|
14
|
17
|
4
|
1
|
| Cancer |
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
41
|
41
|
36
|
31
|
10
|
1
|
| Scrofula, Tabes Mesent. |
92
|
6
|
6
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Phthisis |
120
|
39
|
60
|
208
|
209
|
374
|
230
|
139
|
70
|
27
|
13
|
3
|
| Hydrocephalus |
314
|
33
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Diseases of Brain |
1,050
|
54
|
20
|
22
|
26
|
40
|
36
|
65
|
111
|
114
|
61
|
4
|
| Heart Dis. & Dropsy |
28
|
19
|
19
|
19
|
15
|
58
|
79
|
111
|
129
|
100
|
40
|
3
|
| Dis. of Lungs |
836
|
49
|
15
|
19
|
25
|
55
|
54
|
85
|
121
|
148
|
63
|
5
|
| Dis. of Stom. & Liver |
98
|
23
|
23
|
15
|
27
|
61
|
69
|
69
|
92
|
79
|
17
|
1
|
| Dis. of Kidneys |
3
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
| Dis. of Gener. Organs |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
12
|
7
|
14
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
| Dis. of the Joints |
5
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Dis. of the Skin |
15
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
34
|
86
|
52
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violent Deaths |
72
|
22
|
5
|
9
|
6
|
12
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
3
|
| Other Causes |
938
|
18
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
11
|
23
|
24
|
84
|
274
|
390
|
105
|
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| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1851 - 1860 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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|---|---|
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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement, 1851-60, cross-tabulated by age and sex.