Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	84	39	38	21	19
Measles	160	353	180	107	48
Scarlatina	148	320	377	382	297
Diphtheria	52	61	41	45	33
Whooping-cough	460	368	160	87	46
Typhus	56	95	80	92	59
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,424	479	75	30	12
Cholera	80	23	15	8	13
Other Zymotic Diseases	132	183	100	89	61
Cancer	0	1	2	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	309	191	71	22	15
Phthisis	103	76	52	32	23
Hydrocephalus	446	327	126	79	39
Diseases of Brain	1,776	355	125	84	65
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	31	21	9	13	7
Diseases of Lungs	1,666	805	292	148	61
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	300	45	23	10	10
Diseases of Kidneys	5	8	7	14	7
Diseases of Generative Organs	2	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	6	9	0	6	2
Diseases of Skin	44	10	3	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	321	63	49	36	26
Other Causes	3,099	500	144	43	28

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	84	39	31	21	21
Measles	157	376	173	133	55
Scarlatina	130	319	363	319	294
Diphtheria	44	69	53	44	45
Whooping-cough	494	504	235	138	63
Typhus	39	74	91	84	63
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,243	445	81	27	12
Cholera	67	30	12	10	13
Other Zymotic Diseases	139	124	118	74	41
Cancer	0	1	0	0	2
Scrofula & Tabes	231	180	62	27	19
Phthisis	92	84	39	22	30
Hydrocephalus	292	219	102	59	42
Diseases of Brain	1,351	321	149	83	51
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	20	16	15	8	8
Diseases of Lungs	1,326	731	247	151	80
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	198	39	21	13	10
Diseases of Kidneys	6	5	6	9	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	6	6	5	6	3
Diseases of Skin	41	9	4	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	325	57	33	23	22
Other Causes	2,573	512	120	65	33

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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