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 151 Show data context 46 Show data context 44 Show data context 96 Show data context 160 Show data context 430 Show data context 385 Show data context 219 Show data context 114 Show data context 44 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 672 Show data context 48 Show data context 15 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 71 Show data context 70 Show data context 36 Show data context 38 Show data context 34 Show data context 40 Show data context 31 Show data context 28 Show data context 50 Show data context 27 Show data context 11 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 477 Show data context 174 Show data context 22 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 548 Show data context 33 Show data context 13 Show data context 15 Show data context 18 Show data context 60 Show data context 58 Show data context 38 Show data context 42 Show data context 41 Show data context 35 Show data context
Smallpox 125 Show data context 15 Show data context 6 Show data context 12 Show data context 14 Show data context 22 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 461 Show data context 26 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
Measles 354 Show data context 30 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
Diptheria 32 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,324 Show data context 59 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context 24 Show data context 77 Show data context 85 Show data context 135 Show data context 245 Show data context 255 Show data context 155 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 7 Show data context 33 Show data context 46 Show data context 45 Show data context 32 Show data context 9 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 22 Show data context 58 Show data context 26 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 110 Show data context 42 Show data context 78 Show data context 92 Show data context 58 Show data context 120 Show data context 109 Show data context 56 Show data context 52 Show data context 24 Show data context 16 Show data context
Other 2,570 Show data context 145 Show data context 67 Show data context 75 Show data context 85 Show data context 290 Show data context 426 Show data context 508 Show data context 579 Show data context 869 Show data context 908 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 245 Show data context 58 Show data context 61 Show data context 174 Show data context 273 Show data context 703 Show data context 619 Show data context 403 Show data context 190 Show data context 64 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other TB 951 Show data context 54 Show data context 20 Show data context 13 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 211 Show data context 152 Show data context 79 Show data context 71 Show data context 57 Show data context 111 Show data context 115 Show data context 70 Show data context 72 Show data context 55 Show data context 16 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 790 Show data context 298 Show data context 57 Show data context 5 Show data context 9 Show data context 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 1,133 Show data context 97 Show data context 40 Show data context 28 Show data context 47 Show data context 116 Show data context 142 Show data context 153 Show data context 125 Show data context 100 Show data context 63 Show data context
Smallpox 224 Show data context 46 Show data context 10 Show data context 17 Show data context 25 Show data context 33 Show data context 22 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 778 Show data context 20 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 542 Show data context 28 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 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
Diptheria 111 Show data context 27 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 2,257 Show data context 86 Show data context 20 Show data context 31 Show data context 36 Show data context 124 Show data context 202 Show data context 274 Show data context 400 Show data context 452 Show data context 284 Show data context
Cancer 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 20 Show data context 63 Show data context 105 Show data context 109 Show data context 59 Show data context 24 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 9 Show data context 30 Show data context 73 Show data context 48 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 258 Show data context 71 Show data context 93 Show data context 113 Show data context 105 Show data context 139 Show data context 164 Show data context 129 Show data context 63 Show data context 42 Show data context 19 Show data context
Other 4,350 Show data context 188 Show data context 115 Show data context 149 Show data context 134 Show data context 497 Show data context 699 Show data context 779 Show data context 969 Show data context 1,287 Show data context 1,328 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 206 Show data context 75 Show data context 82 Show data context 232 Show data context 425 Show data context 995 Show data context 968 Show data context 609 Show data context 317 Show data context 55 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other TB 1,518 Show data context 77 Show data context 20 Show data context 15 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 12 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 114 Show data context 88 Show data context 53 Show data context 49 Show data context 26 Show data context 45 Show data context 46 Show data context 24 Show data context 30 Show data context 10 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 783 Show data context 282 Show data context 47 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 14 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 1,298 Show data context 19 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 16 Show data context 19 Show data context 30 Show data context 39 Show data context 56 Show data context 32 Show data context
Smallpox 248 Show data context 113 Show data context 46 Show data context 40 Show data context 35 Show data context 71 Show data context 43 Show data context 20 Show data context 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,198 Show data context 31 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 861 Show data context 56 Show data context 3 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
Diptheria 70 Show data context 32 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 3,471 Show data context 137 Show data context 32 Show data context 48 Show data context 58 Show data context 188 Show data context 342 Show data context 489 Show data context 792 Show data context 837 Show data context 495 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 23 Show data context 87 Show data context 165 Show data context 172 Show data context 108 Show data context 35 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 11 Show data context 27 Show data context 98 Show data context 58 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 376 Show data context 91 Show data context 116 Show data context 93 Show data context 99 Show data context 227 Show data context 196 Show data context 179 Show data context 127 Show data context 51 Show data context 25 Show data context
Other 5,215 Show data context 280 Show data context 133 Show data context 140 Show data context 173 Show data context 563 Show data context 934 Show data context 1,194 Show data context 1,500 Show data context 1,548 Show data context 1,533 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 192 Show data context 66 Show data context 83 Show data context 213 Show data context 375 Show data context 1,019 Show data context 959 Show data context 646 Show data context 286 Show data context 81 Show data context 13 Show data context
Other TB 1,507 Show data context 112 Show data context 29 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 16 Show data context 21 Show data context 16 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 55 Show data context 38 Show data context 31 Show data context 39 Show data context 40 Show data context 44 Show data context 47 Show data context 20 Show data context 15 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 507 Show data context 172 Show data context 30 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 1,048 Show data context 16 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 11 Show data context 21 Show data context 22 Show data context 44 Show data context 53 Show data context 54 Show data context
Smallpox 53 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context 13 Show data context 20 Show data context 17 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 1,235 Show data context 45 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 1,092 Show data context 76 Show data context 2 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
Diptheria 200 Show data context 72 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 4,098 Show data context 227 Show data context 36 Show data context 55 Show data context 65 Show data context 189 Show data context 353 Show data context 644 Show data context 934 Show data context 1,054 Show data context 624 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 27 Show data context 120 Show data context 205 Show data context 244 Show data context 156 Show data context 57 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 9 Show data context 50 Show data context 95 Show data context 70 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 597 Show data context 122 Show data context 78 Show data context 107 Show data context 106 Show data context 212 Show data context 250 Show data context 230 Show data context 126 Show data context 78 Show data context 62 Show data context
Other 5,356 Show data context 264 Show data context 222 Show data context 174 Show data context 185 Show data context 537 Show data context 961 Show data context 1,242 Show data context 1,658 Show data context 1,918 Show data context 1,746 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 103 Show data context 37 Show data context 62 Show data context 154 Show data context 304 Show data context 753 Show data context 972 Show data context 679 Show data context 337 Show data context 127 Show data context 15 Show data context
Other TB 1,176 Show data context 85 Show data context 50 Show data context 17 Show data context 16 Show data context 17 Show data context 20 Show data context 15 Show data context 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 24 Show data context 28 Show data context 24 Show data context 31 Show data context 25 Show data context 38 Show data context 25 Show data context 17 Show data context 14 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 141 Show data context 52 Show data context 13 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 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 1,527 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 18 Show data context 13 Show data context 28 Show data context 44 Show data context 40 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 1,157 Show data context 24 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 1,198 Show data context 63 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 562 Show data context 161 Show data context 20 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 3,489 Show data context 117 Show data context 31 Show data context 45 Show data context 72 Show data context 230 Show data context 459 Show data context 733 Show data context 1,052 Show data context 1,175 Show data context 727 Show data context
Cancer 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 30 Show data context 139 Show data context 291 Show data context 351 Show data context 254 Show data context 89 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 37 Show data context 97 Show data context 67 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 569 Show data context 101 Show data context 63 Show data context 109 Show data context 104 Show data context 199 Show data context 238 Show data context 217 Show data context 180 Show data context 131 Show data context 87 Show data context
Other 5,961 Show data context 206 Show data context 175 Show data context 184 Show data context 163 Show data context 514 Show data context 1,042 Show data context 1,507 Show data context 1,903 Show data context 2,115 Show data context 1,847 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 79 Show data context 29 Show data context 46 Show data context 125 Show data context 262 Show data context 653 Show data context 813 Show data context 555 Show data context 319 Show data context 95 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other TB 613 Show data context 87 Show data context 47 Show data context 23 Show data context 14 Show data context 36 Show data context 28 Show data context 21 Show data context 18 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 18 Show data context 20 Show data context 15 Show data context 14 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 24 Show data context 8 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
Gastro-intestinal 1,619 Show data context 17 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 22 Show data context 36 Show data context 25 Show data context
Smallpox 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 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
Whooping Cough 715 Show data context 11 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 1,002 Show data context 34 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 0 Show data context
Diptheria 127 Show data context 29 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 2,171 Show data context 86 Show data context 54 Show data context 46 Show data context 41 Show data context 175 Show data context 330 Show data context 561 Show data context 877 Show data context 1,123 Show data context 837 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 32 Show data context 135 Show data context 306 Show data context 452 Show data context 365 Show data context 144 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 21 Show data context 41 Show data context 40 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 529 Show data context 73 Show data context 47 Show data context 79 Show data context 62 Show data context 150 Show data context 160 Show data context 148 Show data context 150 Show data context 124 Show data context 99 Show data context
Other 4,552 Show data context 141 Show data context 141 Show data context 141 Show data context 150 Show data context 468 Show data context 810 Show data context 1,313 Show data context 1,677 Show data context 2,006 Show data context 1,905 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, Poplar RegD/PLU/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Decennial Cause of Death by Age, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10111936/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 26th April 2024