Comparisons of infant mortality in the Austrian Empire Länder using the Tafeln (1851-54)

Dalla‐Zuanna, Gianpiero; Rossi, Fiorenzo

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“…Since almost all of the nonbaptized newborns of Agna died on the day of birth, we consider them to be stillbirths. The tables reported in the Tafeln zur Statistik der Osterreichischen Monarchie from 1827-1965 provide additional data on infant mortality (Rossi and Fanolla 2007;Dalla-Zuanna and Rossi 2010; see also Table 1). For several years, data on stillbirths were given separately.…”

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“…First, although infant mortality (the risk of dying during the first year of life) during the ancien re´gime was everywhere higher than 100%, considerable differences existed between populations living in adjacent regions and countries (Livi Bacci 1997, point 2). For example, in 1850-1854, child mortality during the first month of life (neonatal mortality) and during the months 1-11 differed greatly among the regions of the Austrian Empire, that included Veneto and Lombardy, which together make up a large portion of Northern Italy (Dalla-Zuanna and Rossi 2010). In addition, secular trends may have significantly varied between neighbouring populations (Livi Bacci 1997, point 6).…”

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“…Some data for Germany-which partially depict the secular trend of Veneto-were collected by Flinn (1981, Appendix). For some comparative data on the regions of the Austrian Empire around 1850, see Dalla-Zuanna and Rossi (2010).…”

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An Analysis of Extremely High Nineteenth-Century Winter Neonatal Mortality in a Local Context of Northeastern Italy

Dalla‐Zuanna

Rosina

2010

Eur J Population

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Beginning in the mid-17th century, infant mortality in Veneto (a region in northeastern Italy) began to increase, starting at 250‰ and rising to 350‰ during the period of 1750-1850 – one of the highest levels ever recorded in modern Europe. This dramatic change was due to variations in winter neonatal mortality which, during 1750-1850, was 3-4 times higher in Veneto than in other areas with similar winter temperatures (such as England). We combine microdata on neonatal mortality with daily data on temperatures for a specific context during the period of 1816-68, when neonatal mortality was not only particularly high, but declined late and slowly. We find that winter neonatal mortality was extremely high during the first week of life and strongly correlated with external minimum temperature. Through a comparison of these results with other findings in the literature, we suppose that the increase in winter neonatal mortality in Veneto could have principally been caused by the deteriorating physical conditions of mothers, lessening the “quality” of infants who consequently were quite susceptible to cold temperatures

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An Analysis of Extremely High Nineteenth-Century Winter Neonatal Mortality in a Local Context of Northeastern Italy

Dalla‐Zuanna

Rosina

2010

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“…Furthermore, early mortality could be underestimated due to systematic undercollection of records for those children who died shortly after birth, as observed in other Italian and European contexts in similar or slightly earlier periods (see, e.g., Dalla-Zuanna, Rosina, and Rossi 2004;Dalla-Zuanna and Rossi 2010). However, in our parishes, the death records of these children could be collected with a good level of accuracy, as our data is consistent with good quality data reported in prior studies (e.g., Woods 2009).…”

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First signs of transition: The parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality in the province of Padua (northeast Italy), 1816‒1870

Minello¹,

Dalla‐Zuanna²,

Alfani³

2017

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OBJECTIVEThe aim of this article is to investigate the parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality at the beginning of the demographic transition in a European high-neonatal mortality context. METHODSWe use an individual-nominative linked database of 33,000 births and 10,000 deaths for 11 parishes in the province of Padua (northeast Italy) from 1816 to 1870. We utilize life tables, logistic regressions, and two-level logistic regressions, including characteristics of the family. RESULTSLife tables and regression models show that during the winter, the association between early baptism and the risk of death is pronounced. The connection persists also during the summer, when the exposure to low temperature could not influence the risk of death, and a reverse effect could prevail. (Children in periculo mortis were immediately baptized.) Family behaviours influence both early baptism and early death. CONCLUSIONSThe data shows clearly that those social groups and families and those areas experiencing the most intense decline in early baptism were also those in which mortality during the first three months of life declined more. However, it is not true that -as suggested by commentators at the time -the strong statistical connection between the two events was just a direct one, with cold exposure exacerbated by early baptism increasing the risk of dying from hypothermia or respiratory diseases.

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“…Dalla-Zuanna and Rossi (2010), using aggregate data on the mortality of children within the 19 regions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the cohort born in 1851, show that in the Länder where mortality was high in the first three months of life there was relatively low mortality in the successive periods. Up until the 36 th month of life the association between q 0-2 and q (where the subscripts are months, as elsewhere in this article) was negative, albeit moderate (r = -0.35, see Figure 1).…”

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Mortality selection in the first three months of life and survival in the following thirty-three months in rural Veneto (North-East Italy) from 1816 to 1835

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Zuanna²,

Minello³

2014

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BACKGROUNDA number of studies have examined the influence of life conditions in infancy (and pregnancy) on mortality risks in adulthood or old age. For those individuals who survived difficult life conditions, some scholars have found a prevalence of positive selection (relatively low mortality within the population), while others have observed the prevalence of a so-called scar-effect (relatively high mortality within the population). OBJECTIVEUsing micro-data characterized by broad internal mortality differences before the demographic transition (seven parishes within the region of Veneto, North-East Italy, 1816-35), we aim to understand whether children who survived high mortality risks during the first three months of life (early infant mortality) had a higher or a lower probability of surviving during the following 33 months (late infant mortality). METHODSUsing a Cox regression, we model the risk of dying during the period of 3-35 months of age, considering mortality level survived at age 0-2 months of age as the main explanatory variable. RESULTSWe show that positive selection prevailed. For cohorts who survived very severe early mortality selection (q 0-2 >400‰, where the subscripts are months of age), mortality

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Comparisons of infant mortality in the Austrian Empire Länder using the Tafeln (1851-54)

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

An Analysis of Extremely High Nineteenth-Century Winter Neonatal Mortality in a Local Context of Northeastern Italy

An Analysis of Extremely High Nineteenth-Century Winter Neonatal Mortality in a Local Context of Northeastern Italy

First signs of transition: The parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality in the province of Padua (northeast Italy), 1816‒1870

Mortality selection in the first three months of life and survival in the following thirty-three months in rural Veneto (North-East Italy) from 1816 to 1835

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