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	91	39	27	28	17
Measles	252	471	214	118	82
Scarlatina	147	388	435	413	307
Diphtheria	62	71	63	67	64
Whooping-cough	513	291	119	71	23
Typhus	90	88	98	77	69
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,583	368	76	22	17
Cholera	22	16	12	10	4
Other Zymotic Diseases	189	216	141	118	87
Cancer	0	1	2	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	369	189	78	42	29
Phthisis	62	62	34	24	13
Hydrocephalus	397	258	119	63	49
Diseases of Brain	3,794	454	192	116	70
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	35	31	18	12	9
Diseases of Lungs	2,510	985	338	186	111
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	359	53	33	15	15
Diseases of Kidneys	7	10	11	10	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	8	5	8	7	4
Diseases of Skin	46	12	3	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	134	97	108	85	83
Other Causes	4,631	565	107	47	23

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	67	28	27	23	11
Measles	213	409	232	129	64
Scarlatina	111	320	409	423	321
Diphtheria	40	84	81	72	68
Whooping-cough	542	395	197	89	53
Typhus	55	76	90	98	84
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,265	392	67	25	20
Cholera	23	14	7	10	4
Other Zymotic Diseases	150	185	152	111	74
Cancer	0	0	2	3	1
Scrofula & Tabes	332	151	71	33	30
Phthisis	60	59	28	25	25
Hydrocephalus	239	185	87	48	36
Diseases of Brain	2,684	403	183	112	84
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	23	13	12	15	9
Diseases of Lungs	1,880	939	327	184	124
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	211	48	38	18	17
Diseases of Kidneys	2	8	4	8	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	4	4	3	5	1
Diseases of Skin	45	8	5	0	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	95	70	76	55	38
Other Causes	3,918	562	153	59	19

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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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