Statistics for UK Monarchs' Deaths

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Cause of Death	Monarch(s)	% Correct
Executed	Stephen \| Charles I	87%
Battle Wounds	Edward the Elder \| *Edmund Ironside \| Richard I	80%
Shot by Arrow	Harold II \| William II	73%
Pnuemonia	Elizabeth I \| William III \| William IV \| Edward VII	67%
Stroke	Harthacnut \| Edward the Confessor \| Henry III \| Edward III \| James I \| Anne \| George I	67%
Assassination	Edward the Martyr \| Edward II \| Richard II \| Henry IV \| Henry VI \| Edward V	60%
Old Age	Elizabeth II	60%
Dysentary	Henry II \| John \| Edward I \| Henry V	60%
Unknown Illness	Edmund Ironside \| William I	53%
Cerebral Hemorrhage	James II \| Victoria	53%
Euthanasia	George V	47%
Apoplexy	*Edward IV	40%
Throat Cancer	Edward VIII	40%
Tuberculosis	Henry VII \| Edward VI	40%
Bone Infection	Henry VIII	40%
Smallpox	Mary II	40%
Unknown	Alfred \| Æthelstan \| Eadwig \| Edgar the Peaceful \| Æthelred the Unready \| Sweyn \| Harold Harefoot \| Richard Cromwell	33%
Fever	*Edward IV	33%
Aortic Dissection	George II	33%
Porphyria	George III	33%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding	George IV	33%
Coronary Thrombosis	George VI	33%
Food Poisoning	Henry I	33%
Pus	Henry VIII	33%
Edema	Henry VIII	33%
Blow to the Head	Richard III	33%
Inflammation	Henry VIII	27%
Flu	Mary I	27%
Burn Wounds	*William I	27%
Self Starvation	*Richard II	20%
Liver Cirrhosis	William IV	20%
Uremia	Charles II	13%
Malaria	Oliver Cromwell	13%
Natural Causes	Cnut	7%
Kidney Stone	Oliver Cromwell	7%
Stomach Disease	Eadred	0%
Stab Wounds	Edmund I	0%
Cancer	Philip	0%