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	10	3	2	3	1
Measles	31	43	18	15	12
Scarlatina	19	41	46	42	31
Diphtheria	9	4	3	6	4
Whooping-cough	61	44	16	12	8
Typhus	4	9	3	5	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	234	33	7	2	0
Cholera	5	2	1	1	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	18	20	21	16	13
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	61	27	18	6	5
Phthisis	10	6	4	3	1
Hydrocephalus	61	36	10	5	6
Diseases of Brain	253	50	17	11	15
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	7	1	0	1	2
Diseases of Lungs	289	90	38	18	7
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	48	5	2	1	4
Diseases of Kidneys	0	1	1	1	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	1	0	0	3
Diseases of Skin	13	0	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	21	5	4	6	4
Other Causes	544	47	4	2	3

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	10	4	1	1	4
Measles	17	45	24	13	18
Scarlatina	21	40	48	36	32
Diphtheria	6	4	5	9	3
Whooping-cough	93	58	33	17	6
Typhus	4	4	12	8	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	180	27	7	2	2
Cholera	1	1	0	0	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	18	17	14	9	7
Cancer	0	0	2	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	52	35	10	7	7
Phthisis	9	9	2	2	3
Hydrocephalus	47	26	10	4	7
Diseases of Brain	159	42	32	11	9
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	4	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Lungs	206	99	43	17	15
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	23	4	5	2	2
Diseases of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	0	0	0	1
Diseases of Skin	8	0	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	15	5	6	2	7
Other Causes	468	38	13	3	1

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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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