Decennial Cause of Death by Age
| Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880 | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1870s 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 & up |
| Small-pox |
17,369
|
8,312
|
3,591
|
4,668
|
6,497
|
8,525
|
4,623
|
2,320
|
1,027
|
376
|
114
|
| Measles |
84,640
|
6,046
|
578
|
162
|
130
|
194
|
108
|
56
|
23
|
7
|
4
|
| Scarlet Fever |
115,005
|
44,337
|
8,474
|
2,452
|
1,359
|
1,645
|
675
|
182
|
74
|
24
|
5
|
| Diphtheria |
15,570
|
8,503
|
2,306
|
774
|
451
|
596
|
481
|
297
|
252
|
150
|
46
|
| Whooping-cough |
120,366
|
3,938
|
164
|
24
|
7
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
| Typhus |
929
|
1,347
|
1,325
|
1,643
|
1,490
|
2,175
|
1,888
|
1,545
|
988
|
522
|
123
|
| Enteric Fever |
13,180
|
9,831
|
8,133
|
9,597
|
8,228
|
10,480
|
6,822
|
5,226
|
3,843
|
2,377
|
704
|
| Simple Cont Fever |
7,334
|
3,977
|
1,998
|
1,595
|
1,308
|
1,997
|
1,717
|
1,606
|
1,760
|
1,570
|
781
|
| Puerperal Fever |
0
|
0
|
0
|
922
|
4,132
|
8,320
|
4,397
|
173
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
185,463
|
1,797
|
518
|
420
|
665
|
1,834
|
2,289
|
2,876
|
5,316
|
9,225
|
11,149
|
| Cholera |
3,344
|
221
|
83
|
77
|
90
|
268
|
357
|
477
|
583
|
419
|
185
|
| Cancer |
414
|
205
|
205
|
400
|
598
|
4,476
|
14,596
|
26,341
|
31,829
|
25,206
|
10,761
|
| Scrofula |
17,191
|
2,396
|
1,891
|
1,867
|
1,407
|
1,926
|
1,302
|
1,136
|
1,035
|
712
|
153
|
| Tabes Mesenterica |
66,840
|
3,781
|
2,045
|
1,410
|
802
|
912
|
602
|
444
|
336
|
193
|
28
|
| Phthisis |
25,267
|
10,473
|
17,324
|
48,182
|
67,544
|
129,043
|
103,215
|
65,315
|
35,210
|
11,937
|
1,589
|
| Hydrocephalus |
62,620
|
8,824
|
3,077
|
1,150
|
524
|
571
|
303
|
112
|
55
|
20
|
4
|
| Diseases of Nervous System |
299,335
|
16,645
|
8,655
|
8,498
|
8,115
|
21,235
|
33,170
|
46,864
|
70,586
|
92,466
|
68,710
|
| Diseases of Circulatory System |
2,968
|
4,194
|
6,164
|
7,181
|
7,381
|
22,189
|
36,215
|
47,294
|
69,097
|
76,670
|
39,020
|
| Diseases of Respiratory System |
402,264
|
16,316
|
5,300
|
7,116
|
9,642
|
27,695
|
44,703
|
67,868
|
106,742
|
130,053
|
97,641
|
| Diseases of Digestive System |
42,060
|
5,395
|
4,025
|
4,867
|
5,691
|
15,563
|
24,800
|
34,882
|
43,289
|
39,135
|
18,354
|
| Diseases of Urinary System |
4,972
|
2,734
|
1,841
|
2,426
|
3,217
|
8,877
|
11,764
|
13,855
|
17,171
|
17,885
|
10,671
|
| Diseases of Generative System |
123
|
12
|
37
|
213
|
549
|
1,827
|
2,602
|
3,087
|
2,508
|
1,768
|
615
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
7
|
1,061
|
3,558
|
9,294
|
8,294
|
403
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Suicide |
0
|
1
|
84
|
589
|
1,037
|
2,486
|
3,123
|
3,629
|
3,486
|
1,945
|
587
|
| Other Violence |
40,048
|
11,261
|
9,170
|
9,858
|
9,781
|
17,682
|
16,825
|
15,658
|
13,550
|
9,874
|
7,666
|
| Other Causes |
553,056
|
17,790
|
9,533
|
8,775
|
8,290
|
18,624
|
22,873
|
27,957
|
43,840
|
101,980
|
252,831
|
| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1871 - 1880 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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|---|---|
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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement, 1871-80, cross-tabulated by age. Unlike earlier reports, the 1871-80 Supplement provides no information about gender at all.