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	26	13	8	9	11
Measles	34	74	44	36	14
Scarlatina	28	68	79	92	58
Diphtheria	4	14	8	13	4
Whooping-cough	78	61	16	9	4
Typhus	22	47	42	39	21
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	385	123	33	13	10
Cholera	12	5	4	2	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	28	26	23	23	8
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	77	50	27	8	4
Phthisis	36	13	8	8	2
Hydrocephalus	89	53	33	14	10
Diseases of Brain	501	105	58	24	11
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	13	4	4	3	3
Diseases of Lungs	474	238	79	41	27
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	53	7	3	3	2
Diseases of Kidneys	0	1	2	5	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	1	2	1	2	0
Diseases of Skin	9	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	39	12	9	9	15
Other Causes	893	150	20	5	3

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	25	21	15	13	5
Measles	34	75	50	17	9
Scarlatina	30	65	72	76	66
Diphtheria	5	14	12	11	9
Whooping-cough	78	66	35	11	6
Typhus	15	43	49	34	35
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	303	133	19	9	9
Cholera	12	6	5	6	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	30	14	20	24	7
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	74	56	18	5	7
Phthisis	30	13	6	5	10
Hydrocephalus	68	50	19	12	5
Diseases of Brain	412	94	55	26	16
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	9	5	2	2	2
Diseases of Lungs	344	201	65	41	28
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	33	5	5	3	2
Diseases of Kidneys	1	0	0	2	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	1	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Skin	4	2	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	29	7	13	6	6
Other Causes	760	151	35	14	4

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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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