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	4,316	1,741	1,435	1,172	888
Measles	9,537	18,355	9,218	4,662	2,572
Scarlatina	7,073	15,334	17,148	16,130	12,918
Diphtheria	2,124	2,635	2,185	2,208	1,795
Whooping-cough	22,446	15,278	6,538	3,169	1,634
Typhus	2,885	3,783	4,089	3,774	3,255
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	66,413	16,632	3,321	1,168	655
Cholera	2,072	835	488	327	289
Other Zymotic Diseases	8,402	7,874	6,195	4,895	3,337
Cancer	18	22	44	59	43
Scrofula & Tabes	18,860	9,971	3,657	1,592	1,038
Phthisis	5,500	4,292	2,197	1,266	1,052
Hydrocephalus	16,224	11,701	4,797	2,679	1,872
Diseases of Brain	128,133	20,278	8,325	4,736	3,186
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	2,540	1,125	808	649	640
Diseases of Lungs	100,511	45,081	15,995	7,688	4,385
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	14,817	2,270	1,301	787	683
Diseases of Kidneys	337	352	351	350	295
Diseases of Generative Organs	38	12	8	7	5
Diseases of Joints	267	236	194	184	161
Diseases of Skin	2,191	390	147	75	70
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	8,358	3,921	3,590	2,984	2,489
Other Causes	220,364	26,771	6,029	2,151	1,341

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	3,913	1,857	1,488	1,201	870
Measles	7,989	17,135	9,389	4,965	2,714
Scarlatina	5,900	14,070	16,823	15,509	12,557
Diphtheria	1,596	2,531	2,430	2,421	2,225
Whooping-cough	24,008	19,242	9,171	4,740	2,450
Typhus	2,367	3,836	4,360	3,942	3,731
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	55,613	16,439	3,326	1,136	589
Cholera	1,692	758	395	292	284
Other Zymotic Diseases	6,938	6,815	5,881	4,656	3,087
Cancer	18	27	40	61	44
Scrofula & Tabes	15,342	9,110	3,397	1,508	957
Phthisis	4,771	4,124	2,210	1,367	1,167
Hydrocephalus	10,923	8,204	3,740	2,193	1,544
Diseases of Brain	94,710	18,031	8,008	4,689	2,900
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	2,159	1,076	688	582	524
Diseases of Lungs	74,824	41,489	16,088	8,053	4,645
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	9,748	2,054	1,065	791	700
Diseases of Kidneys	219	282	228	221	170
Diseases of Generative Organs	13	26	13	7	2
Diseases of Joints	221	204	159	150	156
Diseases of Skin	1,799	370	179	87	67
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	7,571	3,038	2,537	2,014	1,507
Other Causes	179,422	25,979	6,294	2,384	1,389

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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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