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Decennial Cause of Death by Age

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Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	32,940	12,696	20,612	54,625	73,019	123,111	90,361	56,246	30,932	12,241	2,131
Other TB	112,574	14,322	6,717	4,400	3,151	4,163	2,566	1,991	1,588	1,063	319
Typhus & Typhoid	35,701	22,320	15,706	17,380	14,227	18,488	13,734	11,553	10,479	8,712	4,066
Scarlet Fever	105,852	44,156	9,925	2,746	1,298	1,243	682	312	164	66	20
Gastro-intestinal	132,854	5,072	2,127	2,053	3,062	7,317	7,651	7,826	10,150	13,542	13,517
Smallpox	26,101	5,696	1,466	1,713	2,277	2,636	1,162	608	256	109	38
Whooping Cough	91,483	3,857	206	33	10	21	6	5	4	5	2
Measles	70,640	6,105	762	237	155	181	80	37	15	6	4
Diptheria	10,826	5,651	2,101	781	327	375	256	155	105	80	40
Lungs	262,540	13,211	4,634	6,244	8,313	19,170	28,261	41,629	63,052	74,903	51,884
Cancer	559	209	172	317	496	2,949	8,586	13,953	15,351	12,109	5,490
Childbirth	0	0	2	1,338	5,635	13,233	10,240	588	1	0	2
Violence	32,669	11,835	9,392	9,341	9,006	15,436	14,390	13,149	10,645	7,582	5,928
Other	791,473	42,583	25,982	28,642	30,630	69,889	93,846	120,464	171,550	251,071	337,762

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	27,946	11,461	18,655	54,543	75,291	133,574	99,270	62,357	33,351	11,404	1,573
Other TB	129,309	13,515	6,448	4,156	2,983	3,803	2,484	2,045	1,662	1,006	271
Typhus & Typhoid	36,022	23,323	16,063	17,471	14,758	21,128	18,431	15,726	13,241	9,243	3,879
Scarlet Fever	133,462	55,095	11,350	3,142	1,787	1,913	691	258	110	41	18
Gastro-intestinal	172,724	4,043	1,540	1,244	1,834	4,879	5,340	5,949	8,278	11,732	12,638
Smallpox	18,881	3,655	1,268	1,759	2,602	3,197	1,803	920	452	185	64
Whooping Cough	108,676	3,841	184	43	13	13	13	5	6	5	0
Measles	86,536	6,115	655	226	164	208	121	45	18	7	4
Diptheria	22,150	9,925	3,082	1,218	733	833	523	404	325	187	74
Lungs	318,759	13,925	4,740	6,391	8,611	22,976	34,875	54,060	84,080	100,128	71,056
Cancer	376	190	176	378	576	3,609	11,040	19,691	22,296	16,918	7,569
Childbirth	0	0	3	1,669	6,396	15,248	11,361	577	0	0	0
Violence	38,009	11,558	10,145	10,277	10,408	18,412	17,958	16,782	13,997	9,386	6,908
Other	878,450	44,173	26,975	28,956	30,898	78,270	109,679	144,316	202,359	284,147	359,164

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	25,267	10,473	17,324	48,182	67,544	129,043	103,215	65,315	35,210	11,937	1,589
Other TB	146,651	15,001	7,013	4,427	2,733	3,409	2,207	1,692	1,426	925	185
Typhus & Typhoid	21,443	15,155	11,456	12,835	11,026	14,652	10,427	8,377	6,591	4,469	1,608
Scarlet Fever	115,005	44,337	8,474	2,452	1,359	1,645	675	182	74	24	5
Gastro-intestinal	188,807	2,018	601	497	755	2,102	2,646	3,353	5,899	9,644	11,334
Smallpox	17,369	8,312	3,591	4,668	6,497	8,525	4,623	2,320	1,027	376	114
Whooping Cough	120,366	3,938	164	24	7	12	7	5	5	2	2
Measles	84,640	6,046	578	162	130	194	108	56	23	7	4
Diptheria	15,570	8,503	2,306	774	451	596	481	297	252	150	46
Lungs	402,264	16,316	5,300	7,116	9,642	27,695	44,703	67,868	106,742	130,053	97,641
Cancer	414	205	205	400	598	4,476	14,596	26,341	31,829	25,206	10,761
Childbirth	0	0	7	1,983	7,690	17,614	12,691	576	0	0	0
Violence	40,048	11,262	9,254	10,447	10,818	20,168	19,948	19,287	17,036	11,819	8,253
Other	902,514	46,770	30,255	31,960	33,243	88,315	131,424	173,939	246,491	329,904	390,201

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	18,951	9,502	15,680	42,470	57,802	118,508	98,178	63,913	34,606	12,485	1,873
Other TB	140,187	18,118	9,212	6,297	4,248	5,240	3,353	2,204	1,495	768	173
Typhus & Typhoid	6,715	7,224	7,071	8,818	7,693	10,716	6,950	4,519	3,043	1,606	463
Scarlet Fever	59,043	24,912	4,612	1,136	640	899	366	93	39	25	4
Gastro-intestinal	153,734	1,752	486	412	587	1,523	1,884	2,488	4,798	8,340	9,281
Smallpox	2,817	1,073	781	1,136	1,467	2,324	1,370	752	329	160	71
Whooping Cough	119,200	4,171	113	31	13	14	14	9	9	11	12
Measles	110,745	8,862	682	197	161	228	120	41	18	8	5
Diptheria	24,413	13,859	2,997	981	507	698	491	316	274	151	42
Lungs	458,621	27,261	6,420	8,379	11,008	31,927	50,428	74,086	113,317	138,922	104,563
Cancer	712	332	332	563	859	5,221	18,315	36,069	45,761	38,318	15,438
Childbirth	0	0	6	1,778	7,869	18,911	13,006	521	1	0	0
Violence	40,405	10,620	7,923	9,882	9,602	19,142	20,491	20,044	17,810	13,349	8,967
Other	874,441	45,452	34,552	37,490	37,030	92,199	142,873	193,424	278,406	381,382	411,535

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	15,005	7,093	12,061	35,323	49,592	102,112	94,283	63,402	33,669	11,891	1,793
Other TB	127,716	17,831	9,902	7,791	5,904	8,008	5,432	3,512	2,254	1,126	306
Typhus & Typhoid	3,717	4,672	5,486	8,069	7,953	11,692	7,179	4,088	2,142	819	179
Scarlet Fever	30,649	12,134	2,667	1,014	636	732	304	106	36	10	2
Gastro-intestinal	199,219	1,271	336	257	331	1,046	1,438	2,284	4,179	7,295	8,487
Smallpox	1,070	328	106	166	307	770	650	350	173	106	32
Whooping Cough	112,095	3,299	114	21	13	22	9	6	9	9	13
Measles	117,926	7,594	577	212	120	205	120	51	23	12	1
Diptheria	49,479	23,348	4,092	1,123	585	786	512	324	260	127	35
Lungs	447,721	20,212	5,683	8,558	10,930	31,036	51,981	78,074	119,100	149,399	122,025
Cancer	1,100	551	537	906	1,275	6,640	23,499	49,209	65,523	57,736	25,202
Childbirth	0	0	7	1,534	8,219	22,066	14,186	576	3	0	0
Violence	49,121	11,259	7,362	10,088	10,393	21,443	23,609	23,541	20,063	14,956	10,528
Other	942,095	39,739	33,334	40,056	39,686	99,690	159,205	224,312	315,754	426,612	455,426

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (Simplified)	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
Respiratory TB	12,381	5,936	9,677	28,706	43,100	95,341	87,115	63,994	35,286	13,237	2,112
Other TB	96,625	17,970	10,349	8,281	6,489	10,267	7,340	5,082	3,477	1,812	584
Typhus & Typhoid	1,186	1,995	2,611	3,920	4,310	7,607	5,056	2,748	1,367	413	62
Scarlet Fever	21,534	9,822	2,203	964	550	655	252	65	27	7	4
Gastro-intestinal	174,823	1,140	301	215	311	987	1,294	1,694	2,946	4,738	5,413
Smallpox	842	263	207	206	286	722	793	546	239	136	45
Whooping Cough	91,739	2,638	77	16	9	9	15	6	12	15	12
Measles	98,349	6,238	350	147	90	136	107	35	17	7	5
Diptheria	35,972	19,656	3,129	657	326	448	305	183	140	83	25
Lungs	343,568	14,264	5,547	9,008	11,361	30,584	46,386	65,920	104,906	142,074	126,620
Cancer	1,223	566	554	948	1,431	7,873	27,992	62,287	87,997	80,605	37,665
Childbirth	0	0	4	1,123	6,094	17,787	11,799	426	3	0	0
Violence	43,284	9,948	5,858	8,994	10,099	21,865	23,868	24,392	20,806	14,808	11,564
Other	815,884	37,126	31,191	35,135	35,778	92,253	152,824	229,096	335,724	452,400	497,642

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The Registrar General's Decennial Supplements provided extremely detailed information on causes of death between 1851-60 and 1901-10, but unfortunately used five different classifications of cause of death to cover those six decades. Graham Mooney, of Johns Hopkins University, has therefore defined a simplified cause of death classification to which we have converted the original data. Inevitably, many causes have had to be grouped into an enlarged 'other' category, but we are still able to consistently...

identify the main epidemic diseases. In order to include all decades, we ignore gender and combine the age groups 75 to 84 and 85 upwards, even where the original report separated them.

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