100 years of mortality data for England and Wales, aggregated by age group, sex, year, and underlying cause. The Office for National Statistics compiled this record of deaths spanning the entire 20th century. It includes corresponding population figures for the same period and geography.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term mortality trends based on aggregated death records spanning a century.
- Study cause-specific mortality patterns based on underlying cause of death classifications.
- Examine demographic differences in mortality based on age group and sex variables.
- Calculate historical mortality rates based on included population data for England and Wales.
Strengths
- Covers a 100-year time range from 1901 to 2000.
- Includes population data alongside death counts for rate calculation.
- Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a designated National Statistics authority.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to its UK source.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Time Range
- 1901 to 2000
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:22.752695; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England and Wales