Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex
Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:
| Sex = Male | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition) | 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 to 84 | 85 up |
| Small-pox |
9,063
|
1,767
|
595
|
876
|
1,488
|
1,868
|
1,079
|
583
|
277
|
124
|
31
|
5
|
| Measles |
42,497
|
2,692
|
261
|
87
|
59
|
53
|
44
|
17
|
8
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
| Scarlatina |
64,489
|
26,346
|
5,042
|
1,433
|
675
|
673
|
257
|
134
|
41
|
16
|
9
|
1
|
| Diphtheria |
10,298
|
3,904
|
1,100
|
538
|
273
|
342
|
227
|
189
|
174
|
101
|
36
|
4
|
| Whooping-cough |
46,665
|
1,431
|
54
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
16,643
|
10,305
|
6,598
|
7,393
|
6,784
|
9,806
|
8,850
|
7,699
|
6,551
|
4,524
|
1,597
|
174
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
86,595
|
1,019
|
357
|
325
|
428
|
1,019
|
1,194
|
1,673
|
2,834
|
4,550
|
4,161
|
921
|
| Cholera |
3,792
|
814
|
376
|
233
|
287
|
838
|
1,030
|
1,126
|
993
|
700
|
258
|
23
|
| Other Zymotic Diseases |
28,941
|
4,420
|
1,517
|
1,504
|
1,112
|
2,298
|
2,688
|
2,935
|
3,497
|
3,667
|
2,053
|
350
|
| Cancer |
177
|
92
|
87
|
187
|
233
|
856
|
2,284
|
4,593
|
6,833
|
5,790
|
2,380
|
288
|
| Scrofula & Tabes |
33,807
|
3,292
|
2,294
|
1,784
|
1,371
|
1,734
|
1,075
|
877
|
778
|
474
|
94
|
8
|
| Phthisis |
13,596
|
4,996
|
6,192
|
20,233
|
31,854
|
56,716
|
46,499
|
32,727
|
18,281
|
5,951
|
684
|
40
|
| Hydrocephalus |
36,044
|
3,880
|
980
|
181
|
69
|
69
|
34
|
16
|
13
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
| Diseases of Brain |
147,512
|
6,951
|
3,593
|
3,547
|
3,779
|
9,949
|
15,168
|
19,417
|
26,895
|
34,433
|
21,044
|
2,849
|
| Diseases of Heart & Dropsy |
5,545
|
2,790
|
2,710
|
2,989
|
2,938
|
9,410
|
13,947
|
18,812
|
26,257
|
28,839
|
13,887
|
1,479
|
| Diseases of Lungs |
166,673
|
6,534
|
2,097
|
2,958
|
4,415
|
12,060
|
19,372
|
30,006
|
43,006
|
46,718
|
26,637
|
4,435
|
| Diseases of Stomach & Liver |
19,135
|
2,438
|
2,056
|
2,288
|
2,374
|
6,292
|
10,176
|
14,594
|
17,347
|
15,326
|
5,720
|
603
|
| Diseases of Kidneys |
1,623
|
1,030
|
710
|
964
|
1,187
|
3,391
|
4,573
|
5,672
|
7,367
|
9,059
|
5,400
|
733
|
| Diseases of Generative Organs |
68
|
5
|
8
|
11
|
21
|
50
|
87
|
89
|
90
|
97
|
39
|
7
|
| Diseases of Joints |
1,013
|
1,154
|
1,114
|
997
|
755
|
1,014
|
870
|
858
|
864
|
646
|
226
|
20
|
| Diseases of Skin |
2,765
|
151
|
165
|
166
|
162
|
272
|
333
|
494
|
648
|
749
|
403
|
76
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Suicide |
0
|
0
|
43
|
275
|
518
|
1,347
|
1,876
|
2,288
|
2,200
|
1,143
|
282
|
27
|
| Other Violent Deaths |
20,369
|
7,031
|
7,617
|
7,504
|
7,642
|
13,042
|
12,203
|
10,643
|
8,363
|
5,079
|
2,177
|
473
|
| Other Causes |
244,589
|
2,595
|
1,115
|
998
|
1,276
|
4,073
|
6,351
|
7,873
|
13,595
|
38,082
|
67,101
|
26,662
|
| Sex = Female | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition) | 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 to 84 | 85 up |
| Small-pox |
8,814
|
1,627
|
589
|
780
|
899
|
1,089
|
601
|
289
|
158
|
55
|
23
|
3
|
| Measles |
40,364
|
2,969
|
322
|
123
|
91
|
138
|
69
|
26
|
9
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
| Scarlatina |
60,880
|
25,508
|
5,643
|
1,518
|
996
|
1,147
|
408
|
113
|
59
|
23
|
7
|
0
|
| Diphtheria |
10,555
|
5,227
|
1,682
|
565
|
379
|
438
|
257
|
193
|
129
|
75
|
28
|
3
|
| Whooping-cough |
56,611
|
2,130
|
107
|
30
|
9
|
9
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
17,102
|
11,416
|
8,360
|
8,791
|
6,764
|
9,929
|
8,537
|
7,177
|
5,886
|
4,101
|
1,651
|
195
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
75,758
|
1,084
|
306
|
342
|
560
|
1,540
|
1,549
|
1,694
|
3,035
|
5,183
|
4,995
|
1,374
|
| Cholera |
3,215
|
767
|
304
|
218
|
336
|
985
|
1,100
|
956
|
863
|
660
|
256
|
45
|
| Other Zymotic Diseases |
25,787
|
4,064
|
1,590
|
1,330
|
1,104
|
1,975
|
1,971
|
2,167
|
2,950
|
3,408
|
2,159
|
428
|
| Cancer |
180
|
82
|
81
|
167
|
316
|
2,588
|
8,278
|
14,152
|
14,287
|
10,235
|
3,816
|
555
|
| Scrofula & Tabes |
29,185
|
2,523
|
1,822
|
1,680
|
1,201
|
1,628
|
1,194
|
970
|
740
|
435
|
124
|
9
|
| Phthisis |
12,892
|
5,515
|
10,712
|
29,731
|
37,098
|
67,419
|
46,442
|
25,352
|
12,176
|
4,116
|
592
|
46
|
| Hydrocephalus |
25,780
|
3,046
|
914
|
214
|
82
|
65
|
37
|
23
|
12
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
| Diseases of Brain |
114,432
|
6,310
|
3,378
|
3,855
|
3,896
|
8,655
|
11,387
|
16,749
|
25,083
|
33,868
|
23,035
|
3,938
|
| Diseases of Heart & Dropsy |
4,833
|
2,496
|
3,050
|
3,313
|
3,689
|
9,817
|
14,473
|
19,886
|
29,573
|
34,199
|
16,691
|
1,918
|
| Diseases of Lungs |
139,142
|
6,517
|
2,314
|
2,965
|
3,606
|
9,587
|
13,786
|
21,554
|
36,642
|
47,493
|
29,971
|
5,844
|
| Diseases of Stomach & Liver |
13,865
|
2,266
|
1,630
|
2,257
|
3,088
|
7,952
|
11,064
|
14,466
|
18,471
|
17,168
|
7,523
|
979
|
| Diseases of Kidneys |
1,082
|
583
|
469
|
628
|
985
|
2,481
|
2,962
|
2,923
|
3,187
|
2,635
|
1,005
|
144
|
| Diseases of Generative Organs |
60
|
6
|
33
|
164
|
444
|
1,579
|
2,434
|
2,852
|
2,150
|
1,350
|
397
|
39
|
| Diseases of Joints |
869
|
747
|
760
|
740
|
510
|
808
|
731
|
782
|
699
|
578
|
207
|
23
|
| Diseases of Skin |
2,416
|
115
|
120
|
95
|
170
|
384
|
375
|
425
|
577
|
715
|
462
|
87
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
3
|
1,594
|
5,957
|
14,115
|
10,402
|
516
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Suicide |
0
|
1
|
36
|
305
|
305
|
550
|
657
|
774
|
540
|
305
|
98
|
11
|
| Other Violent Deaths |
15,848
|
3,701
|
1,370
|
1,109
|
838
|
1,581
|
1,699
|
1,833
|
1,962
|
2,304
|
2,571
|
862
|
| Other Causes |
205,161
|
2,604
|
1,112
|
1,293
|
1,395
|
3,377
|
4,441
|
5,760
|
12,164
|
42,661
|
82,601
|
39,443
|
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| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1861 - 1870 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement, 1861-70, cross-tabulated by age and sex.