Registered Age at Death chart for 1864 to 1869
The following charts are based on all the deaths of Dowlings and similar (not 'soundex') registered in the Irish civil index from when the index started in 1864 to 1869. The analysis comes from my database of the death index which is held on a Microsoft Access database with the data analysed in Microsoft Excel.
This chart shows the spread of age at death as stated by the 'informant' for registration. Whilst it is 'generally' accurate the chart shows that reliance on the age stated, for example to determine birthdate, is inadvisable. If you look at the peaks they are at 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 a very unlikely mortality trend. This means that when the Registrar asked for the age of the deceased the informant did not know exactly and said something like, "about 60" or , "in his sixties". However the trend line (yellow) help to show the more likely trends with the peak in the 50's. The table below show gives the various 'means'.
Start Year
1864
1870 End Year
1969
1879 Death Entries
1406
2356 Death Entries excluding age 0
1212
2030 Oldest age at death
104
110 Youngest age at death
0
0 Average age at death
39
42 Average age at death excluding age 0
45
49 Median (middle) age at death
42
50 Median age at death excluding age 0
50
58 Mode (most common) age at death
0
0 Mode age at death excluding age 0
1
70
The above table shows that, as one might expect, that as time progresses people live longer. The striking change in the eighteen seventies was that providing children did not die at birth (age 0) they most commonly live until they are 70 years old. Compared to this in the eighteen sixties they would die as babies aged 1 year old.
Eleven centenarians have been found between 1864 to 1880 as registered in Irish Civil Death Index.
Bridget Dooley from Scarriff Kerry
died aged 104 in Year Ending 31 December 1864, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1760
Vol: 19 Page: 273Thomas Doolan from Parsonstown Offaly
died aged 100 in Year Ending 31 December 1864, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1764
Vol: 8 Page: 475William Doolan from Fermoy Cork
died aged 103 in Year Ending 31 December 1866, Approx DoB Year Ending 31 December 1763
Vol: 4 Page: 551Margaret Dowling from Cork Cork
died aged 100 in Year Ending 31 December 1867, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1767
Vol: 10 Page: 101Patrick Doolan from Rathkeale Limerick
died aged 102 in Year Ending 31 December 1870, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1768
Vol: 5 Page: 475John Dooly from Abbeyleix Leix
died aged 102 in Year Ending 31 December 1875, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1773
Vol: 13 Page: 243Thomas Dowling from Listowel Kerry
died aged 100 in Year Ending 31 December 1875, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1775
Vol: 5 Page: 413Anne Doolan from Kilkenny Kilkenny
died aged 110 in Year Ending 31 December 1877, Approx DoB Year Ending 31 December 1767
Vol: 8 Page: 423Laurence Doolan from Roscrea Tipperary
died aged 105 in Year Ending 31 December 1877, Approx DoB Year Ending 30 December 1772
Vol: 3 Page: 517Betty Dooley from Mountmellick Leix
died aged 102 in Quarter Ending 30 June 1878, Approx DoB Quarter Ending 29 June 1776
Vol: 3 Page: 461Mary Dooly from Kilmallock Limerick
died aged 105 in Quarter Ending 31 December 1880, Approx DoB Quarter Ending 31 December 1775
Vol:: 5 Page: 261
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