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 27 Show data context 18 Show data context 36 Show data context 91 Show data context 109 Show data context 191 Show data context 127 Show data context 53 Show data context 38 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 109 Show data context 14 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 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
Typhus & Typhoid 60 Show data context 43 Show data context 29 Show data context 34 Show data context 32 Show data context 29 Show data context 22 Show data context 16 Show data context 24 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 28 Show data context 17 Show data context 8 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 96 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context
Smallpox 13 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 89 Show data context 6 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 0 Show data context
Measles 41 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 4 Show data context 1 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
Lungs 264 Show data context 13 Show data context 6 Show data context 14 Show data context 12 Show data context 25 Show data context 25 Show data context 50 Show data context 45 Show data context 73 Show data context 47 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 22 Show data context 19 Show data context 13 Show data context 4 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 35 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 12 Show data context 7 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context
Other 884 Show data context 41 Show data context 28 Show data context 34 Show data context 39 Show data context 81 Show data context 86 Show data context 133 Show data context 218 Show data context 368 Show data context 480 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 25 Show data context 12 Show data context 22 Show data context 84 Show data context 81 Show data context 174 Show data context 150 Show data context 84 Show data context 37 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 132 Show data context 13 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 28 Show data context 28 Show data context 24 Show data context 28 Show data context 15 Show data context 23 Show data context 12 Show data context 22 Show data context 12 Show data context 14 Show data context 4 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 96 Show data context 64 Show data context 16 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 165 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 12 Show data context 14 Show data context 24 Show data context
Smallpox 13 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 125 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 0 Show data context
Measles 72 Show data context 8 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
Diptheria 41 Show data context 14 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 311 Show data context 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 27 Show data context 39 Show data context 34 Show data context 75 Show data context 73 Show data context 65 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 18 Show data context 26 Show data context 36 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 30 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 22 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context
Other 923 Show data context 47 Show data context 25 Show data context 45 Show data context 47 Show data context 105 Show data context 137 Show data context 152 Show data context 239 Show data context 385 Show data context 456 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 20 Show data context 12 Show data context 36 Show data context 73 Show data context 93 Show data context 163 Show data context 144 Show data context 87 Show data context 35 Show data context 15 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 174 Show data context 22 Show data context 12 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 10 Show data context 20 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 21 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 42 Show data context 24 Show data context 7 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 243 Show data context 9 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 13 Show data context 25 Show data context
Smallpox 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 156 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 75 Show data context 4 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 0 Show data context
Diptheria 19 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 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
Lungs 380 Show data context 16 Show data context 9 Show data context 16 Show data context 14 Show data context 32 Show data context 40 Show data context 35 Show data context 76 Show data context 116 Show data context 125 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 19 Show data context 24 Show data context 46 Show data context 39 Show data context 13 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 9 Show data context 16 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 27 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 23 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context
Other 730 Show data context 34 Show data context 39 Show data context 50 Show data context 38 Show data context 92 Show data context 154 Show data context 195 Show data context 284 Show data context 414 Show data context 524 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 29 Show data context 7 Show data context 32 Show data context 79 Show data context 75 Show data context 124 Show data context 117 Show data context 70 Show data context 55 Show data context 25 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 149 Show data context 21 Show data context 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 8 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 15 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 145 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 21 Show data context
Smallpox 3 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 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 127 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 74 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 18 Show data context 18 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 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 444 Show data context 32 Show data context 13 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 34 Show data context 39 Show data context 50 Show data context 63 Show data context 119 Show data context 138 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 24 Show data context 46 Show data context 52 Show data context 60 Show data context 21 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 39 Show data context 11 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 16 Show data context 19 Show data context 15 Show data context 21 Show data context 19 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other 815 Show data context 54 Show data context 49 Show data context 67 Show data context 49 Show data context 108 Show data context 165 Show data context 188 Show data context 276 Show data context 441 Show data context 530 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 50 Show data context 6 Show data context 28 Show data context 82 Show data context 62 Show data context 133 Show data context 92 Show data context 74 Show data context 43 Show data context 18 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 192 Show data context 19 Show data context 19 Show data context 19 Show data context 6 Show data context 17 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 14 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 17 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 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
Gastro-intestinal 210 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 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 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 119 Show data context 4 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 110 Show data context 12 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 64 Show data context 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 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
Lungs 484 Show data context 29 Show data context 13 Show data context 16 Show data context 19 Show data context 33 Show data context 43 Show data context 50 Show data context 86 Show data context 163 Show data context 222 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 31 Show data context 43 Show data context 70 Show data context 73 Show data context 37 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 17 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 36 Show data context 10 Show data context 5 Show data context 11 Show data context 19 Show data context 29 Show data context 18 Show data context 18 Show data context 24 Show data context 12 Show data context 9 Show data context
Other 769 Show data context 47 Show data context 37 Show data context 62 Show data context 56 Show data context 123 Show data context 155 Show data context 230 Show data context 311 Show data context 472 Show data context 515 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 8 Show data context 7 Show data context 19 Show data context 65 Show data context 64 Show data context 111 Show data context 78 Show data context 63 Show data context 39 Show data context 17 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other TB 115 Show data context 20 Show data context 22 Show data context 20 Show data context 10 Show data context 18 Show data context 12 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 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
Scarlet Fever 9 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 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
Gastro-intestinal 143 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context
Smallpox 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 103 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 73 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 46 Show data context 39 Show data context 4 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
Lungs 278 Show data context 16 Show data context 3 Show data context 14 Show data context 12 Show data context 26 Show data context 32 Show data context 59 Show data context 79 Show data context 152 Show data context 170 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 35 Show data context 59 Show data context 97 Show data context 79 Show data context 49 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 7 Show data context 18 Show data context 9 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 24 Show data context 14 Show data context 5 Show data context 13 Show data context 10 Show data context 27 Show data context 35 Show data context 27 Show data context 23 Show data context 13 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other 807 Show data context 46 Show data context 44 Show data context 70 Show data context 60 Show data context 131 Show data context 167 Show data context 217 Show data context 378 Show data context 479 Show data context 587 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, Colchester 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/10155101/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024