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 21 Show data context 6 Show data context 21 Show data context 39 Show data context 59 Show data context 104 Show data context 39 Show data context 29 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 106 Show data context 15 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 40 Show data context 18 Show data context 20 Show data context 14 Show data context 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 15 Show data context 14 Show data context 14 Show data context 10 Show data context 5 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 99 Show data context 40 Show data context 13 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
Gastro-intestinal 58 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context
Smallpox 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 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
Whooping Cough 56 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 32 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 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 4 Show data context 1 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
Lungs 286 Show data context 15 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 15 Show data context 22 Show data context 29 Show data context 46 Show data context 54 Show data context 37 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 15 Show data context 10 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 34 Show data context 13 Show data context 13 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 20 Show data context 17 Show data context 11 Show data context 13 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other 597 Show data context 23 Show data context 23 Show data context 34 Show data context 39 Show data context 66 Show data context 71 Show data context 90 Show data context 142 Show data context 249 Show data context 407 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 14 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 38 Show data context 62 Show data context 83 Show data context 48 Show data context 31 Show data context 17 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 111 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 35 Show data context 15 Show data context 16 Show data context 15 Show data context 19 Show data context 17 Show data context 7 Show data context 7 Show data context 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 3 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 136 Show data context 63 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 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
Gastro-intestinal 63 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context
Smallpox 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 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 79 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 55 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 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 10 Show data context 9 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 307 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 19 Show data context 26 Show data context 46 Show data context 67 Show data context 71 Show data context 37 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 5 Show data context 18 Show data context 32 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 7 Show data context 15 Show data context 16 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 37 Show data context 9 Show data context 16 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 20 Show data context 12 Show data context 21 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 9 Show data context
Other 678 Show data context 23 Show data context 29 Show data context 29 Show data context 29 Show data context 54 Show data context 95 Show data context 125 Show data context 200 Show data context 267 Show data context 496 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 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 15 Show data context 34 Show data context 49 Show data context 63 Show data context 57 Show data context 33 Show data context 14 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 205 Show data context 11 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 17 Show data context 13 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 107 Show data context 44 Show data context 12 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 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
Gastro-intestinal 63 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context
Smallpox 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 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
Measles 69 Show data context 10 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 13 Show data context 6 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
Lungs 445 Show data context 17 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 13 Show data context 32 Show data context 49 Show data context 67 Show data context 97 Show data context 78 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 17 Show data context 29 Show data context 21 Show data context 11 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 14 Show data context 18 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 23 Show data context 12 Show data context 15 Show data context 17 Show data context 13 Show data context 23 Show data context 21 Show data context 21 Show data context 15 Show data context 15 Show data context 3 Show data context
Other 735 Show data context 43 Show data context 27 Show data context 33 Show data context 19 Show data context 61 Show data context 86 Show data context 124 Show data context 231 Show data context 329 Show data context 482 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 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 19 Show data context 45 Show data context 62 Show data context 38 Show data context 24 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 132 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 38 Show data context 18 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 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
Gastro-intestinal 38 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context
Smallpox 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 65 Show data context 5 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 0 Show data context
Measles 66 Show data context 15 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 8 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
Lungs 412 Show data context 31 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 9 Show data context 14 Show data context 20 Show data context 52 Show data context 94 Show data context 136 Show data context 74 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 11 Show data context 17 Show data context 28 Show data context 20 Show data context 11 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 22 Show data context 14 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 29 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 13 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 14 Show data context 11 Show data context 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context
Other 644 Show data context 35 Show data context 29 Show data context 36 Show data context 34 Show data context 40 Show data context 94 Show data context 133 Show data context 255 Show data context 413 Show data context 477 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 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 19 Show data context 30 Show data context 39 Show data context 28 Show data context 21 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other TB 98 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 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
Typhus & Typhoid 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 24 Show data context 8 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
Gastro-intestinal 34 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context
Smallpox 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 51 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 0 Show data context
Measles 54 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 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 26 Show data context 23 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 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 287 Show data context 19 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 15 Show data context 15 Show data context 30 Show data context 85 Show data context 121 Show data context 79 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 6 Show data context 16 Show data context 26 Show data context 41 Show data context 38 Show data context 14 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 26 Show data context 20 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 26 Show data context 9 Show data context 5 Show data context 13 Show data context 2 Show data context 16 Show data context 15 Show data context 19 Show data context 13 Show data context 12 Show data context 12 Show data context
Other 644 Show data context 25 Show data context 23 Show data context 24 Show data context 26 Show data context 45 Show data context 82 Show data context 137 Show data context 247 Show data context 452 Show data context 485 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 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 17 Show data context 21 Show data context 42 Show data context 34 Show data context 8 Show data context 12 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other TB 45 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 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
Scarlet Fever 9 Show data context 4 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 25 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 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 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 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 39 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 0 Show data context
Measles 40 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
Diptheria 22 Show data context 20 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 190 Show data context 16 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 19 Show data context 64 Show data context 74 Show data context 74 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 15 Show data context 22 Show data context 50 Show data context 63 Show data context 17 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 18 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 11 Show data context 13 Show data context 16 Show data context 17 Show data context 16 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other 420 Show data context 21 Show data context 14 Show data context 17 Show data context 25 Show data context 32 Show data context 61 Show data context 114 Show data context 268 Show data context 423 Show data context 492 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, Westbury on Severn 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/10154790/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 16th May 2024