[plomme]

Would be really cool to graph out causes of death over the centuries! Wikipedia cites continous publication from 1527 to 1858[1]. Collecting the data seems daunting, though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_of_mortality

[libraryofbabel]

It’s already been (at least partly) digitized, e.g. https://www.deathbynumbers.org/data/

One thing you will have trouble with however, is that disease categories and the process of determining cause of death changed a great deal from 1527 to 1858. So the categories you're working with aren't stable at all.

[plomme]

Wow, thanks!