Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	72	40	36	39	29
Measles	84	145	82	43	25
Scarlatina	113	143	192	227	170
Diphtheria	19	29	26	42	26
Whooping-cough	433	226	83	44	19
Typhus	83	70	80	86	64
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	990	147	58	25	21
Other Zymotic Dis.	924	103	93	79	54
Cancer	2	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	451	134	39	29	18
Phthisis	256	114	34	27	30
Hydrocephalus	159	133	44	26	29
Diseases of Brain	1,420	212	79	61	45
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	92	15	8	4	5
Dis. of Lungs	1,388	510	199	126	59
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	221	23	16	10	18
Dis. of Kidneys	8	4	4	6	2
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	5	5	1	2	0
Dis. of the Skin	25	5	0	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	79	49	57	45	45
Other Causes	6,176	566	142	69	27

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	55	30	28	25	30
Measles	67	130	89	35	29
Scarlatina	64	129	184	177	158
Diphtheria	14	19	27	24	50
Whooping-cough	493	284	106	63	35
Typhus	75	86	82	89	85
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	750	147	53	34	21
Other Zymotic Dis.	757	114	89	92	69
Cancer	4	1	2	1	3
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	350	116	31	13	19
Phthisis	231	89	54	27	27
Hydrocephalus	100	60	39	30	21
Diseases of Brain	1,010	168	95	57	45
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	57	13	8	2	7
Dis. of Lungs	1,016	458	191	137	78
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	147	28	13	13	9
Dis. of Kidneys	9	3	1	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Dis. of the Joints	4	3	1	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	24	4	5	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	79	31	49	35	36
Other Causes	4,904	487	125	54	46

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Date:	Source:
1851 - 1860	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1860	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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