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 99 Show data context 34 Show data context 48 Show data context 133 Show data context 174 Show data context 255 Show data context 186 Show data context 129 Show data context 79 Show data context 38 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 132 Show data context 16 Show data context 5 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 13 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 70 Show data context 50 Show data context 47 Show data context 48 Show data context 38 Show data context 58 Show data context 45 Show data context 32 Show data context 31 Show data context 39 Show data context 11 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 288 Show data context 116 Show data context 35 Show data context 15 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 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 90 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 10 Show data context 16 Show data context 21 Show data context 13 Show data context 30 Show data context 26 Show data context
Smallpox 25 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 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 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 131 Show data context 6 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 117 Show data context 18 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 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 18 Show data context 4 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 0 Show data context
Lungs 393 Show data context 30 Show data context 10 Show data context 13 Show data context 23 Show data context 49 Show data context 70 Show data context 99 Show data context 191 Show data context 216 Show data context 144 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 11 Show data context 23 Show data context 28 Show data context 25 Show data context 13 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 19 Show data context 35 Show data context 42 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 72 Show data context 31 Show data context 51 Show data context 46 Show data context 52 Show data context 66 Show data context 42 Show data context 34 Show data context 24 Show data context 28 Show data context 17 Show data context
Other 2,359 Show data context 87 Show data context 48 Show data context 61 Show data context 92 Show data context 151 Show data context 159 Show data context 257 Show data context 414 Show data context 534 Show data context 918 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 63 Show data context 22 Show data context 40 Show data context 123 Show data context 193 Show data context 310 Show data context 197 Show data context 142 Show data context 81 Show data context 19 Show data context 4 Show data context
Other TB 205 Show data context 22 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 15 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 89 Show data context 70 Show data context 48 Show data context 50 Show data context 46 Show data context 51 Show data context 40 Show data context 28 Show data context 28 Show data context 18 Show data context 6 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 452 Show data context 179 Show data context 26 Show data context 9 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 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 122 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 10 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 19 Show data context 19 Show data context 23 Show data context 18 Show data context
Smallpox 37 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 20 Show data context 16 Show data context 10 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 195 Show data context 12 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 109 Show data context 26 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 62 Show data context 42 Show data context 19 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 609 Show data context 45 Show data context 18 Show data context 10 Show data context 33 Show data context 59 Show data context 89 Show data context 142 Show data context 215 Show data context 241 Show data context 163 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 19 Show data context 40 Show data context 42 Show data context 29 Show data context 12 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 24 Show data context 51 Show data context 52 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 81 Show data context 42 Show data context 40 Show data context 39 Show data context 45 Show data context 87 Show data context 81 Show data context 62 Show data context 37 Show data context 24 Show data context 24 Show data context
Other 3,082 Show data context 130 Show data context 80 Show data context 81 Show data context 101 Show data context 185 Show data context 225 Show data context 370 Show data context 445 Show data context 695 Show data context 895 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 28 Show data context 22 Show data context 34 Show data context 118 Show data context 135 Show data context 267 Show data context 190 Show data context 98 Show data context 57 Show data context 19 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 228 Show data context 29 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 23 Show data context 28 Show data context 21 Show data context 17 Show data context 11 Show data context 14 Show data context 16 Show data context 18 Show data context 15 Show data context 9 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 340 Show data context 148 Show data context 21 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 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
Gastro-intestinal 188 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 7 Show data context 21 Show data context 17 Show data context 14 Show data context
Smallpox 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 156 Show data context 5 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 155 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
Diptheria 79 Show data context 56 Show data context 13 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 768 Show data context 53 Show data context 16 Show data context 21 Show data context 21 Show data context 68 Show data context 87 Show data context 138 Show data context 311 Show data context 329 Show data context 207 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context 16 Show data context 49 Show data context 58 Show data context 59 Show data context 21 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 16 Show data context 56 Show data context 36 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 69 Show data context 20 Show data context 29 Show data context 41 Show data context 35 Show data context 76 Show data context 91 Show data context 67 Show data context 49 Show data context 20 Show data context 17 Show data context
Other 2,531 Show data context 137 Show data context 62 Show data context 76 Show data context 65 Show data context 177 Show data context 257 Show data context 329 Show data context 595 Show data context 732 Show data context 881 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 14 Show data context 21 Show data context 35 Show data context 97 Show data context 122 Show data context 223 Show data context 168 Show data context 110 Show data context 46 Show data context 16 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 141 Show data context 35 Show data context 18 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 13 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 15 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 125 Show data context 55 Show data context 18 Show data context 4 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 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 134 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 25 Show data context 21 Show data context
Smallpox 0 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 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 198 Show data context 7 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 170 Show data context 11 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 45 Show data context 33 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 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
Lungs 1,003 Show data context 84 Show data context 26 Show data context 30 Show data context 38 Show data context 71 Show data context 118 Show data context 160 Show data context 318 Show data context 345 Show data context 183 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 31 Show data context 89 Show data context 86 Show data context 69 Show data context 31 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 32 Show data context 74 Show data context 50 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 56 Show data context 39 Show data context 28 Show data context 59 Show data context 37 Show data context 58 Show data context 56 Show data context 68 Show data context 50 Show data context 40 Show data context 26 Show data context
Other 2,100 Show data context 112 Show data context 116 Show data context 78 Show data context 88 Show data context 179 Show data context 270 Show data context 433 Show data context 626 Show data context 865 Show data context 838 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 32 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 72 Show data context 98 Show data context 201 Show data context 144 Show data context 105 Show data context 55 Show data context 17 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 266 Show data context 25 Show data context 24 Show data context 27 Show data context 12 Show data context 17 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 6 Show data context 10 Show data context 17 Show data context 15 Show data context 12 Show data context 22 Show data context 16 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 89 Show data context 49 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 265 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 17 Show data context 12 Show data context
Smallpox 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 249 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 0 Show data context
Measles 261 Show data context 14 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
Diptheria 78 Show data context 47 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,347 Show data context 51 Show data context 22 Show data context 23 Show data context 39 Show data context 86 Show data context 136 Show data context 200 Show data context 343 Show data context 429 Show data context 210 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 12 Show data context 51 Show data context 130 Show data context 171 Show data context 99 Show data context 43 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 39 Show data context 87 Show data context 56 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 72 Show data context 18 Show data context 11 Show data context 33 Show data context 39 Show data context 57 Show data context 72 Show data context 59 Show data context 70 Show data context 44 Show data context 22 Show data context
Other 2,384 Show data context 92 Show data context 64 Show data context 95 Show data context 84 Show data context 217 Show data context 310 Show data context 492 Show data context 756 Show data context 952 Show data context 804 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 24 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 48 Show data context 78 Show data context 137 Show data context 111 Show data context 87 Show data context 41 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 245 Show data context 49 Show data context 19 Show data context 17 Show data context 13 Show data context 21 Show data context 16 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 12 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 57 Show data context 21 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 312 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 12 Show data context 17 Show data context 10 Show data context
Smallpox 2 Show data context 0 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 310 Show data context 10 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 371 Show data context 25 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 75 Show data context 41 Show data context 12 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,030 Show data context 33 Show data context 11 Show data context 29 Show data context 38 Show data context 72 Show data context 112 Show data context 144 Show data context 266 Show data context 376 Show data context 245 Show data context
Cancer 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 11 Show data context 60 Show data context 143 Show data context 206 Show data context 168 Show data context 53 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 22 Show data context 83 Show data context 58 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 71 Show data context 25 Show data context 6 Show data context 31 Show data context 32 Show data context 62 Show data context 67 Show data context 56 Show data context 47 Show data context 36 Show data context 24 Show data context
Other 2,222 Show data context 84 Show data context 66 Show data context 95 Show data context 72 Show data context 202 Show data context 301 Show data context 464 Show data context 822 Show data context 1,066 Show data context 888 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wrexham 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/10139181/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 27th May 2024