Decennial Cause of Death by Age

No chart.

No chart.

No chart.

No chart.

No chart.

No chart.

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 142 Show data context 56 Show data context 82 Show data context 236 Show data context 333 Show data context 577 Show data context 407 Show data context 253 Show data context 147 Show data context 71 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other TB 201 Show data context 48 Show data context 29 Show data context 17 Show data context 11 Show data context 19 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 10 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 119 Show data context 70 Show data context 47 Show data context 68 Show data context 33 Show data context 67 Show data context 41 Show data context 53 Show data context 58 Show data context 40 Show data context 26 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 284 Show data context 143 Show data context 62 Show data context 21 Show data context 6 Show data context 11 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 197 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 16 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 19 Show data context 42 Show data context 45 Show data context
Smallpox 67 Show data context 9 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 14 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
Whooping Cough 181 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 153 Show data context 30 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 88 Show data context 72 Show data context 23 Show data context 10 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Lungs 887 Show data context 68 Show data context 35 Show data context 38 Show data context 38 Show data context 77 Show data context 121 Show data context 188 Show data context 290 Show data context 392 Show data context 263 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 13 Show data context 27 Show data context 69 Show data context 100 Show data context 64 Show data context 29 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 24 Show data context 61 Show data context 61 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 173 Show data context 64 Show data context 50 Show data context 48 Show data context 40 Show data context 75 Show data context 72 Show data context 64 Show data context 55 Show data context 28 Show data context 41 Show data context
Other 3,482 Show data context 254 Show data context 136 Show data context 148 Show data context 131 Show data context 346 Show data context 519 Show data context 723 Show data context 1,238 Show data context 2,085 Show data context 3,193 Show data context
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 160 Show data context 48 Show data context 83 Show data context 233 Show data context 325 Show data context 616 Show data context 450 Show data context 317 Show data context 177 Show data context 74 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other TB 325 Show data context 30 Show data context 37 Show data context 25 Show data context 21 Show data context 36 Show data context 23 Show data context 18 Show data context 10 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 134 Show data context 65 Show data context 60 Show data context 82 Show data context 54 Show data context 80 Show data context 80 Show data context 67 Show data context 60 Show data context 75 Show data context 39 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 444 Show data context 230 Show data context 61 Show data context 19 Show data context 15 Show data context 18 Show data context 9 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 287 Show data context 7 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 18 Show data context 38 Show data context 53 Show data context
Smallpox 63 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context 11 Show data context 20 Show data context 27 Show data context 19 Show data context 16 Show data context 10 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 309 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 173 Show data context 26 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 107 Show data context 66 Show data context 28 Show data context 11 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
Lungs 997 Show data context 54 Show data context 20 Show data context 27 Show data context 38 Show data context 109 Show data context 134 Show data context 212 Show data context 373 Show data context 497 Show data context 430 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 12 Show data context 51 Show data context 96 Show data context 140 Show data context 121 Show data context 44 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 12 Show data context 22 Show data context 96 Show data context 76 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 164 Show data context 59 Show data context 42 Show data context 48 Show data context 36 Show data context 98 Show data context 107 Show data context 85 Show data context 78 Show data context 80 Show data context 44 Show data context
Other 4,040 Show data context 221 Show data context 145 Show data context 157 Show data context 184 Show data context 402 Show data context 604 Show data context 929 Show data context 1,449 Show data context 2,346 Show data context 3,494 Show data context
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 69 Show data context 33 Show data context 51 Show data context 193 Show data context 256 Show data context 451 Show data context 328 Show data context 220 Show data context 143 Show data context 68 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other TB 294 Show data context 41 Show data context 41 Show data context 15 Show data context 13 Show data context 19 Show data context 14 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 50 Show data context 43 Show data context 44 Show data context 40 Show data context 17 Show data context 38 Show data context 36 Show data context 25 Show data context 33 Show data context 33 Show data context 14 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 246 Show data context 118 Show data context 35 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 335 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 12 Show data context 11 Show data context 26 Show data context 36 Show data context 57 Show data context
Smallpox 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 291 Show data context 19 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 155 Show data context 21 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 69 Show data context 57 Show data context 24 Show data context 11 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,098 Show data context 75 Show data context 26 Show data context 29 Show data context 34 Show data context 101 Show data context 185 Show data context 242 Show data context 428 Show data context 653 Show data context 641 Show data context
Cancer 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 18 Show data context 65 Show data context 126 Show data context 171 Show data context 191 Show data context 89 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 23 Show data context 73 Show data context 68 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 137 Show data context 41 Show data context 39 Show data context 47 Show data context 31 Show data context 77 Show data context 68 Show data context 91 Show data context 100 Show data context 68 Show data context 54 Show data context
Other 3,025 Show data context 164 Show data context 160 Show data context 149 Show data context 152 Show data context 362 Show data context 567 Show data context 863 Show data context 1,488 Show data context 2,300 Show data context 3,274 Show data context
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 48 Show data context 27 Show data context 50 Show data context 151 Show data context 204 Show data context 356 Show data context 278 Show data context 175 Show data context 111 Show data context 36 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other TB 252 Show data context 63 Show data context 36 Show data context 29 Show data context 15 Show data context 19 Show data context 9 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 6 Show data context 9 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 13 Show data context 13 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context 8 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 119 Show data context 75 Show data context 32 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 253 Show data context 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 21 Show data context 30 Show data context 44 Show data context
Smallpox 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 249 Show data context 17 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 232 Show data context 33 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 57 Show data context 47 Show data context 19 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 1,146 Show data context 93 Show data context 19 Show data context 35 Show data context 36 Show data context 92 Show data context 155 Show data context 207 Show data context 375 Show data context 633 Show data context 659 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 9 Show data context 17 Show data context 69 Show data context 152 Show data context 226 Show data context 230 Show data context 111 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 15 Show data context 79 Show data context 52 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 117 Show data context 38 Show data context 31 Show data context 27 Show data context 32 Show data context 71 Show data context 69 Show data context 77 Show data context 82 Show data context 90 Show data context 64 Show data context
Other 2,542 Show data context 153 Show data context 125 Show data context 149 Show data context 146 Show data context 308 Show data context 544 Show data context 834 Show data context 1,501 Show data context 2,270 Show data context 3,078 Show data context
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 52 Show data context 22 Show data context 40 Show data context 109 Show data context 153 Show data context 279 Show data context 242 Show data context 154 Show data context 112 Show data context 32 Show data context 7 Show data context
Other TB 240 Show data context 45 Show data context 36 Show data context 44 Show data context 30 Show data context 31 Show data context 23 Show data context 16 Show data context 12 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 11 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 74 Show data context 31 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 192 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 7 Show data context 13 Show data context 11 Show data context 23 Show data context
Smallpox 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 216 Show data context 11 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Measles 114 Show data context 17 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 77 Show data context 81 Show data context 27 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 955 Show data context 64 Show data context 20 Show data context 19 Show data context 29 Show data context 77 Show data context 131 Show data context 208 Show data context 382 Show data context 640 Show data context 657 Show data context
Cancer 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 25 Show data context 61 Show data context 190 Show data context 312 Show data context 293 Show data context 165 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 23 Show data context 70 Show data context 73 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 125 Show data context 36 Show data context 27 Show data context 42 Show data context 38 Show data context 74 Show data context 85 Show data context 71 Show data context 84 Show data context 71 Show data context 59 Show data context
Other 2,495 Show data context 148 Show data context 119 Show data context 134 Show data context 145 Show data context 330 Show data context 502 Show data context 852 Show data context 1,479 Show data context 2,480 Show data context 3,157 Show data context
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 22 Show data context 14 Show data context 28 Show data context 83 Show data context 124 Show data context 280 Show data context 235 Show data context 141 Show data context 89 Show data context 36 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other TB 171 Show data context 32 Show data context 44 Show data context 31 Show data context 29 Show data context 31 Show data context 28 Show data context 26 Show data context 17 Show data context 6 Show data context 3 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 24 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 108 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 31 Show data context
Smallpox 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping Cough 211 Show data context 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 96 Show data context 17 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diptheria 62 Show data context 66 Show data context 18 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Lungs 690 Show data context 34 Show data context 8 Show data context 22 Show data context 22 Show data context 54 Show data context 106 Show data context 169 Show data context 286 Show data context 539 Show data context 705 Show data context
Cancer 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 21 Show data context 80 Show data context 185 Show data context 328 Show data context 369 Show data context 217 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 16 Show data context 47 Show data context 40 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 106 Show data context 27 Show data context 6 Show data context 32 Show data context 29 Show data context 45 Show data context 60 Show data context 63 Show data context 82 Show data context 76 Show data context 55 Show data context
Other 1,812 Show data context 94 Show data context 66 Show data context 105 Show data context 79 Show data context 230 Show data context 397 Show data context 722 Show data context 1,293 Show data context 2,193 Show data context 2,993 Show data context
Date: Source:
1851 - 1910 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Herefordshire RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Decennial Cause of Death by Age, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134778/cube/CoD_grouped

Date accessed: 21st September 2024