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How death has changed over 100 years in Britain

18-Sep-2017

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Some interesting graphs on distribution of deaths by age.

In 1915 one in ten deaths occurred among children under the age of five.

Now most people in the UK can expect to live into their 80s.

In 2015 Alzheimer’s disease and dementia made it into the top 10 causes of death.

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Helen Bedford

Professor at University College London, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Executive office of the UK Statistics Authority

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Life Expectancy