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	74	47	14	24	17
Measles	106	200	118	42	31
Scarlatina	48	177	176	157	122
Diphtheria	9	25	9	15	6
Whooping-cough	156	85	38	21	9
Typhus	42	63	64	44	35
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	663	280	69	16	8
Cholera	4	7	0	2	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	69	84	44	46	26
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	75	80	23	5	4
Phthisis	28	38	14	6	2
Hydrocephalus	76	39	20	11	6
Diseases of Brain	1,059	124	61	39	16
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	13	14	10	6	6
Diseases of Lungs	1,111	521	155	67	40
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	189	48	16	7	11
Diseases of Kidneys	0	7	6	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Skin	22	2	3	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	25	36	64	57	39
Other Causes	2,279	387	86	11	8

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	76	48	38	31	20
Measles	77	186	100	52	31
Scarlatina	59	177	189	125	103
Diphtheria	5	16	9	15	8
Whooping-cough	198	139	77	19	15
Typhus	31	79	62	53	39
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	559	335	52	20	7
Cholera	3	1	1	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	53	83	48	28	25
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	70	75	22	7	3
Phthisis	26	34	12	7	6
Hydrocephalus	42	25	16	10	3
Diseases of Brain	841	144	56	39	17
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	12	8	9	6	5
Diseases of Lungs	779	499	190	83	35
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	133	32	16	10	2
Diseases of Kidneys	3	9	7	1	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	3	0	0	0
Diseases of Skin	11	5	4	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	18	25	13	25	25
Other Causes	1,818	405	76	18	14

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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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