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	9	1	3	1	2
Measles	90	176	78	31	20
Scarlatina	51	99	104	110	55
Diphtheria	17	36	24	17	12
Whooping-cough	165	87	46	21	8
Typhus	10	19	18	23	17
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	988	214	26	5	5
Cholera	20	5	2	2	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	70	103	56	54	23
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	126	70	27	10	7
Phthisis	32	27	15	16	7
Hydrocephalus	124	63	19	9	9
Diseases of Brain	895	140	62	35	26
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	8	1	2	1	6
Diseases of Lungs	804	363	133	46	39
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	124	17	9	8	6
Diseases of Kidneys	3	5	2	3	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	3	2	4	0
Diseases of Skin	7	2	2	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	21	34	25	20	10
Other Causes	1,471	185	35	7	6

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	12	1	2	2	2
Measles	99	163	71	41	29
Scarlatina	39	106	106	101	81
Diphtheria	27	35	19	20	17
Whooping-cough	178	136	74	37	15
Typhus	10	27	28	16	17
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	825	179	34	8	3
Cholera	20	2	1	2	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	55	83	64	62	39
Cancer	0	0	0	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	80	60	24	13	8
Phthisis	32	27	14	13	7
Hydrocephalus	77	57	23	15	11
Diseases of Brain	676	111	41	33	22
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	11	2	2	7	2
Diseases of Lungs	641	334	118	47	34
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	106	25	4	5	3
Diseases of Kidneys	2	5	4	1	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	2	1	1	1
Diseases of Skin	9	5	1	2	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	17	18	17	9	8
Other Causes	1,171	142	36	12	5

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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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