He had to transcend numbness, understand life and death, believe in life and death, control life and death, and not be controlled by life and death. But after watching too much, his heart became numb. He witnessed the cycle of life and death of countless people. If there was no life and death, how could there be reincarnation?ĭuring the comprehension process, Han Jue’s essence soul entered the Great Dao of Life and Death. The Six Paths of Reincarnation were created with the Great Dao of Life and Death as the foundation. The Great Dao of Life and Death controlled life and death. In 1915, there were 562,253 deaths in England and Wales, compared with 529,655 deaths in 2015, a decrease of 5.8%.Han Jue was extremely excited and continued to comprehend the Great Dao of Life and Death. The number of deaths in England and Wales has decreased in the past century, whereas there has been an increase in the population particularly the number of elderly people.
Not only have the causes of death changed over time, but so have the number of people dying. A similar trend was seen in females during this period, but at older ages while younger to middle-aged females more frequently died of breast cancer. Meanwhile heart conditions dominated as the leading cause of death for middle-to older-aged males from 1945 onwards. This trend continued until 1985, where the percentage of deaths to motor vehicle accidents began decreasing, perhaps due to the introduction of compulsory seat belts in 1983.įrom 1985 onwards, external causes such as drug misuse, suicide and self-harm were the leading cause of death for young people, particularly affecting men more than women. The number of road deaths of young people may be attributable to the existence of the Blackout during World War II, when vehicles drove in total darkness. Motor vehicle incidents began to emerge as a leading cause of death in young males and females in 1945. Poliomyelitis (polio), diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles, mumps and rubella were all virtually wiped out during the second half of the 20th century, after childhood immunisation was introduced. There was a dramatic decline in the number of people dying from infectious diseases in the 20th century. For those aged one to four, infections remained the leading cause until 2005, with the exception of 19.
Top causes of death by age and sex, 1915 to 2015Įxplore the top cause of death, by age and sex, by dragging your cursor (or tap your finger) across a coloured square:įigures for deaths of those aged under one have been excluded from this chart.Ī full list of the top 10 underlying causes of death, with International Classification of Diseases (ICD codes), by age-group and sex can be found in the data download.īetween 19, infections were generally the leading cause of death for young and middle-aged males and females. In 1915, people were dying in large numbers from infections, but by 2015, the most common causes of death were related to cancer, heart conditions or external causes. This may partially be explained by improvements in medical knowledge that have led to a more comprehensive classification system.
The top causes of death at the start of the 20th century were very different to those that we see today. Just over a century ago the average life expectancy at birth for a man was 48.4 years, whereas women could expect to live to 54.0.įast forward from 1915 to 2015 and a man’s life span extended by 31 years and almost 29 years for a woman (79.3 and 82.9 respectively). We are living longer than we did 100 years ago because of advances in medical science as well as better sanitation, nutrition and hygiene.