Dorset Unitary Authority (UA) : Total Deaths

Total Deaths

Data cube chart.

Year Total Deaths Expected Deaths Expected Deaths using 1951 rates
1861 2,993 Show data context 3,993 Show data context 1,444 Show data context
1881 2,898 Show data context 3,667 Show data context 1,569 Show data context
1891 2,791 Show data context 1,624 Show data context
1911 2,271 Show data context 2,969 Show data context 1,712 Show data context
1931 2,331 Show data context 2,734 Show data context 2,167 Show data context
1951 2,785 Show data context 3,127 Show data context 3,127 Show data context
1961 2,975 Show data context 3,800 Show data context
1971 3,494 Show data context 3,849 Show data context 4,974 Show data context
2011 4,053 Show data context 4,780 Show data context 11,348 Show data context
2021 4,979 Show data context 5,930 Show data context 13,659 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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nCube definition


Total deaths. We include here expected counts calculated from age-specific national mortality rates and census data on local age structures.


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

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Date accessed: 04th June 2026