AGE AT DEATH
London in 1735 compared with
England and Wales in 1846, 1900 and 1997

	1735	1846	1900	1997
Age Group	% of deaths	% of deaths	% of deaths	% of deaths
Under 5	49	41	36	0.8
5 to 44	27	27	21	3.5
45 to 64	14	13	19	12
65 & over	10	19	24	84

Thus in 1735 in London, 49% of all deaths were of children under 5, whereas by 1997 deaths of children under 5 were only 0.8% of all the deaths in the year.

Sources:

1735: The Gentleman's Magazine. Bills of Mortality for London Parishes.
1846: Annual Report of the Registrar General
1900: The Health of Adult Britain 1841-1994, by John Charlton and Mike Murphy, A publication of the Government Statistical Service.
1997: The Office of National Statistics.

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AGE AT DEATH London in 1735 compared with England and Wales in 1846, 1900 and 1997

Sources:

History of Medicine © Craig Thornber, Cheshire, England, UK. Main Site Address: https://www.thornber.net/

AGE AT DEATH
London in 1735 compared with
England and Wales in 1846, 1900 and 1997

History of Medicine
© Craig Thornber, Cheshire, England, UK. Main Site Address: https://www.thornber.net/