East Lothian Council : Total Deaths

Total Deaths

Data cube chart.

Year Total Deaths Expected Deaths Expected Deaths using 1951 rates
1861 648 Show data context 823 Show data context 275 Show data context
1881 667 Show data context 767 Show data context 289 Show data context
1911 840 Show data context 922 Show data context 447 Show data context
1931 776 Show data context 822 Show data context 606 Show data context
1951 842 Show data context 848 Show data context 848 Show data context
1961 934 Show data context 986 Show data context
1971 878 Show data context 894 Show data context 1,158 Show data context
2011 996 Show data context 919 Show data context 2,243 Show data context
2021 1,184 Show data context 1,248 Show data context 2,939 Show data context
Date Source
1861 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1861
1881 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1881
1911 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1911
1931 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1931
1951 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1951
1961 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1961
1971 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1971
2011 National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland")
2021 National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland)

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nCube definition


The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026