Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) : Total Deaths

Total Deaths

Data cube chart.

Year Total Deaths Expected Deaths Expected Deaths using 1951 rates
1861 2,836 Show data context 2,713 Show data context 884 Show data context
1881 2,952 Show data context 2,860 Show data context 1,117 Show data context
1891 3,618 Show data context 1,281 Show data context
1911 3,511 Show data context 3,226 Show data context 1,666 Show data context
1931 2,979 Show data context 2,822 Show data context 2,135 Show data context
1951 2,815 Show data context 2,731 Show data context 2,731 Show data context
1961 2,798 Show data context 3,099 Show data context
1971 2,831 Show data context 2,759 Show data context 3,581 Show data context
2011 2,352 Show data context 2,212 Show data context 5,367 Show data context
2021 2,676 Show data context 2,621 Show data context 6,147 Show data context
Date Source
1861 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1861
1881 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1881
1891 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1891
1911 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1911
1931 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1931, Part I
1951 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1951, Part I
1961 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1961, Part I
1971 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) , 1971, Part I
2011 Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (Deaths Registered by Area of Usual Residence, UK)
2021 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age)

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This simple four-way classification of ethnicity can be presented for four recent censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Total Deaths, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026