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The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented population growth in Britain. The population rose from 13.9 million in 1831 to 32.5 million in 1901. Two major contributory factors were fertility rates and mortality rates. Britain was the first country to undergo the demographic transition and the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
Hunger and poor diet was a common aspect of life across the UK in the Victorian period, especially in the 1840s, but the mass starvation seen in the Great Famine in Ireland was unique. [87] [85] Levels of poverty fell significantly during the 19th century from as much as two thirds of the population in 1800 to less than a third by 1901. However ...
constituent country or region of England 2017-2019 change 2020-2022 male female sex gap arith. mean male female sex gap arith. mean London region: 80.9
In England in the 13th–19th centuries with life expectancy at birth rising from perhaps 25 years to over 40, expectation of life at age 30 has been estimated at 20–30 years, [163] giving an average age at death of about 50–60 for those (a minority at the start of the period but two-thirds at its end) surviving beyond their twenties.
In NW England there was heavy mortality in Liverpool. [52] Babies born in Liverpool with a birthday in 1861 were only expected to live 26 years, and in larger cities, life expectancy was less than 35 years. [51] Over time, the life expectancy changed as well as the number of fatalities from scarlet fever. [51]
From 2014 until 2019 life expectancy went down in almost one in five communities for women, and one in nine communities for men. Life expectancy falling in England even before pandemic, research shows
Britain’s workforce faces the crisis of its life as productivity has fallen to Victorian-era lows and youth worklessness spikes Prarthana Prakash Updated October 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
London's overall mortality rate was tracked at a ratio of roughly 1 in 43 between the years 1869–1879; overall life expectancy in the city stood at just 37 years in midcentury. [74] [71] The most serious disease in the poor quarters was tuberculosis, until the 1860s cholera, as well as rickets, scarlet fever, and typhoid.