Decennial Cause of Death by Age
| Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890 | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1880s 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 |
5
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
| Measles |
106
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Scarlet Fever |
75
|
37
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Diphtheria |
53
|
39
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping-cough |
215
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Enteric Fever |
7
|
8
|
15
|
19
|
13
|
30
|
18
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
| Simple Continued Fever |
0
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
274
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
16
|
| Cholera |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
44
|
85
|
110
|
123
|
55
|
| Tabes Mesenterica |
64
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Phthisis |
15
|
10
|
21
|
62
|
74
|
189
|
156
|
90
|
59
|
30
|
6
|
| Other Tuberculosis |
145
|
26
|
11
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
| Diseases of Nervous System |
292
|
20
|
9
|
7
|
8
|
33
|
48
|
75
|
118
|
178
|
176
|
| Diseases of Circulatory System |
15
|
11
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
29
|
59
|
85
|
148
|
242
|
160
|
| Diseases of Respiratory System |
489
|
27
|
8
|
7
|
12
|
31
|
39
|
55
|
106
|
180
|
188
|
| Diseases of Digestive System |
159
|
8
|
10
|
5
|
9
|
18
|
47
|
58
|
69
|
97
|
53
|
| Diseases of Urinary System |
13
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
25
|
16
|
32
|
35
|
51
|
35
|
| Diseases of Generative System |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
| Puerperal Fever |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
17
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
11
|
13
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
51
|
2
|
8
|
11
|
11
|
24
|
15
|
28
|
24
|
18
|
14
|
| Other Causes |
630
|
15
|
10
|
17
|
17
|
31
|
34
|
39
|
68
|
138
|
470
|
| Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900 | Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1880s 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 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
| Measles |
108
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Scarlet Fever |
43
|
18
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diphtheria |
182
|
102
|
22
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping-cough |
169
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Typhus |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Enteric Fever |
5
|
6
|
13
|
32
|
22
|
27
|
21
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
| Simple Continued Fever |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
337
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
21
|
| Cholera |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Cancer |
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
50
|
139
|
164
|
166
|
92
|
| Tabes Mesenterica |
67
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Phthisis |
17
|
9
|
16
|
41
|
78
|
186
|
140
|
109
|
69
|
33
|
10
|
| Other Tuberculosis |
136
|
24
|
16
|
11
|
6
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
| Diseases of Nervous System |
238
|
8
|
12
|
16
|
6
|
34
|
47
|
83
|
136
|
220
|
223
|
| Diseases of Circulatory System |
11
|
3
|
11
|
11
|
14
|
34
|
58
|
128
|
207
|
319
|
249
|
| Diseases of Respiratory System |
500
|
28
|
1
|
8
|
18
|
22
|
56
|
69
|
152
|
233
|
331
|
| Diseases of Digestive System |
204
|
13
|
9
|
8
|
17
|
33
|
42
|
63
|
76
|
94
|
76
|
| Diseases of Urinary System |
8
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
16
|
27
|
46
|
66
|
76
|
61
|
| Diseases of Generative System |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
2
|
| Puerperal Fever |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
17
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
11
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
70
|
8
|
16
|
9
|
16
|
49
|
50
|
45
|
37
|
23
|
26
|
| Other Causes |
727
|
18
|
13
|
23
|
22
|
59
|
62
|
80
|
126
|
234
|
729
|
| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1881 - 1900 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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The 1939 National Registration tabulated age and gender structure using a greatly simplified nine-way classification of ages. The introduction to the report states that this was to aid the enumerators who were doing much of the analysis before sending the completed forms to the Registrar General. Again to simplify the forms, people were asked to state their year of birth rather than their age. The fractions in the age bands occurred because "In consequence of these procedure restrictions, the number of groups iden...
tified ... is limited to nine in respect of each sex and being calendar year of birth groups, they do not correspond with integral years of age owing to the fact that the enumeration took place at the end of the third quarter of 1939." The data are for the civilian population only; at this date, the armed services were almost all male, and under 45. An estimated 1,010,000 were in the services in Great Britain, of whom 900,000 were in England and Wales.