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 72 Show data context 32 Show data context 20 Show data context 56 Show data context 90 Show data context 253 Show data context 228 Show data context 183 Show data context 80 Show data context 38 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 355 Show data context 40 Show data context 9 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 57 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 15 Show data context 11 Show data context 15 Show data context 17 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 134 Show data context 61 Show data context 11 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 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 210 Show data context 60 Show data context 30 Show data context 15 Show data context 30 Show data context 65 Show data context 97 Show data context 86 Show data context 64 Show data context 41 Show data context 12 Show data context
Smallpox 30 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 294 Show data context 18 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
Measles 147 Show data context 13 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 9 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 598 Show data context 22 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 12 Show data context 30 Show data context 71 Show data context 116 Show data context 209 Show data context 201 Show data context 77 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 25 Show data context 33 Show data context 27 Show data context 17 Show data context 9 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 19 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 48 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 13 Show data context 13 Show data context 16 Show data context 16 Show data context 14 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other 1,050 Show data context 53 Show data context 26 Show data context 40 Show data context 40 Show data context 130 Show data context 180 Show data context 300 Show data context 346 Show data context 423 Show data context 390 Show data context
Date: Source:
1851 - 1860 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St James RegD/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/10055726/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 27th April 2024