Age and sex differentials in mortality during two nineteenth century population crises |
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Authors: | Kari J. Pitkänen James H. Mielke |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economic and Social History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33, SF-00014, Finland 2. Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas, USA 3. Population Genetics Unit, Folkh?lsans Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
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Abstract: | The exceptionally detailed Finnish materials are used to examine age- and sex-specific mortality in different regions during the country's last famine, the Great Famine of the 1860s. This is compared with another mortality crisis, the 1808–09 War. The results show that in cases when multiple infectious diseases were responsible for elevated mortality, the increases for different age categories were, by and large, proportional to the levels prevailing during normal times. However, excess mortality showed more variability for children. Furthermore, age- and sex-specific social behaviour (specifically large-scale temporary migration) during the crisis period shaped the age patterns and sex differentials in mortality. |
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