the South East Government Region : Total Deaths

Total Deaths

Data cube chart.

Year Total Deaths Expected Deaths Expected Deaths using 1951 rates
1861 38,528 Show data context 44,464 Show data context 15,292 Show data context
1881 40,405 Show data context 49,194 Show data context 19,095 Show data context
1891 46,933 Show data context 21,709 Show data context
1911 42,831 Show data context 54,505 Show data context 29,722 Show data context
1931 46,359 Show data context 56,913 Show data context 44,421 Show data context
1951 61,756 Show data context 72,541 Show data context 72,541 Show data context
1961 69,950 Show data context 91,098 Show data context
1971 77,587 Show data context 85,935 Show data context 111,734 Show data context
2011 75,290 Show data context 80,752 Show data context 194,303 Show data context
2021 89,947 Show data context 98,512 Show data context 229,521 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 is a highly simplified presentation of the 1841 occupational data, using the ten main sectors in the Booth-Armstrong industrial classification. Workers are cross-classified by sex, but not age.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the South East Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Total Deaths, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10205724/cube/DEATH_TOT

Date accessed: 06th June 2026