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	27	9	8	10	9
Measles	75	146	51	34	20
Scarlatina	58	96	91	108	67
Diphtheria	28	31	26	25	23
Whooping-cough	187	90	35	17	7
Typhus	46	33	23	24	16
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	493	92	22	9	6
Cholera	10	3	0	0	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	72	52	41	32	30
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	167	73	13	12	8
Phthisis	71	48	13	13	8
Hydrocephalus	129	89	37	28	16
Diseases of Brain	1,453	161	67	42	25
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	98	13	8	6	7
Diseases of Lungs	1,028	393	126	66	48
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	197	34	18	15	11
Diseases of Kidneys	6	5	2	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	0	1	2	1
Diseases of Skin	27	2	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	48	46	54	58	37
Other Causes	2,188	189	51	15	11

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	30	9	10	13	9
Measles	63	124	63	31	17
Scarlatina	52	114	104	112	90
Diphtheria	22	30	14	29	27
Whooping-cough	207	117	50	27	17
Typhus	27	33	37	28	27
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	376	88	19	14	5
Cholera	4	4	1	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	61	47	43	31	23
Cancer	0	1	0	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	150	63	27	10	6
Phthisis	59	42	20	15	9
Hydrocephalus	67	50	28	14	11
Diseases of Brain	1,080	162	56	52	18
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	91	16	13	7	6
Diseases of Lungs	723	352	130	65	43
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	140	27	15	10	11
Diseases of Kidneys	0	1	1	2	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	1	0	1	1
Diseases of Skin	35	0	1	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	31	42	48	32	32
Other Causes	1,816	199	35	18	19

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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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