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	103	44	56	36	31
Measles	188	346	163	75	42
Scarlatina	186	369	396	362	263
Diphtheria	23	41	37	28	17
Whooping-cough	340	273	105	62	32
Typhus	73	109	116	84	98
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	536	152	44	16	10
Cholera	32	31	26	19	18
Other Zymotic Diseases	130	166	137	101	64
Cancer	0	0	1	1	2
Scrofula & Tabes	208	193	88	25	19
Phthisis	63	77	62	27	24
Hydrocephalus	159	126	68	44	24
Diseases of Brain	4,579	627	233	115	63
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	15	10	17	14	7
Diseases of Lungs	1,576	863	357	171	105
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	156	42	22	13	6
Diseases of Kidneys	5	8	2	6	7
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	4	3	4	0
Diseases of Skin	35	5	3	2	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	48	95	82	56	57
Other Causes	2,782	603	130	57	37

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	112	67	46	40	31
Measles	130	300	177	105	62
Scarlatina	132	338	374	355	310
Diphtheria	17	31	33	28	35
Whooping-cough	421	311	124	90	44
Typhus	54	102	122	112	89
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	435	155	50	20	11
Cholera	15	30	34	19	26
Other Zymotic Diseases	96	152	127	102	62
Cancer	1	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	167	189	73	31	17
Phthisis	63	88	45	31	23
Hydrocephalus	108	84	42	22	17
Diseases of Brain	3,588	612	240	123	77
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	9	13	10	8	9
Diseases of Lungs	1,253	787	339	204	101
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	90	33	19	9	6
Diseases of Kidneys	4	3	3	3	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	2	1	2	3
Diseases of Skin	22	6	3	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	68	64	47	60	40
Other Causes	2,299	577	173	58	39

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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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