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Causes Of Male Deaths


Proportional Rates For Selected Diseases Per 1000 Deaths
From All Causes Males: England And Wales

(Rates of less than 0.5 are represented by a dash)

 

1848-72

1901-10

1981-85

Infectious diseases:

Tuberculosis
Typhoid and typhus
Smallpox
Measles
Scarlet fever
Diphtheria
Whooping cough
Influenza
Cholera
Other infectious diseases
     & roundings

Total Infectious Diseases

Other Causes:

Cancer
Diseases of the nervous system
Heart diseases
Bronchitis
Pneumonia

Other causes not analysed
     in this table

TOTAL ALL CAUSES



146 
38
13
19
57
n/a
20
   3
10
15

---------
321 



   9
129 
37
66
57

381 



84
   7
   1
20
   7
11
16
13
-
41

---------
200 



47
117 
86
72
90

388 

 

1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2

---------
  3



199 
12
390 
28
49

319 
1000   1000   1000   

Source: OCPS, and Logan, Mortality in England & Wales from 1848-1947 in Population Studies

Observations:

In 1848-1872 the chances of dying from infectious diseases was nearly 100 times greater than in 1981-1985.

In 1981-1985 the chances of dying from cancer was 21 times greater than in 1848-1872.

If one thing doesn’t kill you, something else will.

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