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	63	29	25	35	29
Measles	97	199	111	55	26
Scarlatina	83	171	195	194	140
Diphtheria	34	34	19	28	13
Whooping-cough	349	276	124	48	25
Typhus	23	18	19	28	30
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	725	121	17	8	7
Cholera	33	9	3	3	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	93	58	48	38	31
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	207	78	33	16	10
Phthisis	79	46	33	12	7
Hydrocephalus	224	150	74	35	34
Diseases of Brain	588	132	56	40	33
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	24	4	4	4	3
Diseases of Lungs	1,005	518	165	83	26
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	142	10	11	3	3
Diseases of Kidneys	1	0	0	3	4
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	2	0	1	0
Diseases of Skin	21	3	0	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	164	20	16	17	14
Other Causes	1,718	193	34	12	7

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	58	33	26	26	22
Measles	95	177	93	52	23
Scarlatina	55	135	236	166	137
Diphtheria	12	32	30	20	16
Whooping-cough	330	265	147	79	29
Typhus	20	20	17	29	26
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	693	102	18	1	6
Cholera	33	3	1	2	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	77	74	38	44	17
Cancer	1	0	1	2	0
Scrofula & Tabes	138	67	30	22	10
Phthisis	60	36	24	10	10
Hydrocephalus	158	129	50	35	25
Diseases of Brain	474	109	55	30	27
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	19	5	3	1	6
Diseases of Lungs	756	431	156	78	34
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	100	7	7	4	5
Diseases of Kidneys	1	1	0	2	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	3	0	2	3
Diseases of Skin	18	3	1	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	160	17	21	14	7
Other Causes	1,481	223	35	8	5

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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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