Mortality and morbidity in the city of Bern, Switzerland, 1805–1815 with special emphasis on infant, child and maternal deaths

Rüttimann, D.; Loesch, Sandra

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2011.11.001

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“…Regarding longevity, the results are similar to those obtained for contemporary European populations (Hollingsworth, 1957;Korpelainen, 2000), and even longer in certain cases (Rüttimann & Loesch, 2012). In their analysis of the Chumash Indians, former inhabitants of California, Walker and Johnson (1994) reported that the average life expectancy may have been only about 35 years, or even less, clearly lower than the values obtained in the present study for the settlers, and slightly higher than those obtained by Jackson (2004) for contemporary Paraguayan Indians.…”

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Fertility Pattern and Fitness of the Spanish-Mexican Colonists of California (1742–1876)

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The analysis of fertility in colonizing populations is of great interest, since its individuals experience a major environmental change, and fertility rates can reflect the level of adaptation of the population to its new conditions. Using Northrop's genealogical compilations, this paper examines the fertility pattern of California's early Spanish-Mexican colonists between 1742 and 1876, their fitness levels and their trend across time throughout the colonizing period. A total of 197 women from 599 compiled families who had completed their reproductive period and had at least one child were analysed. The correlations among variables were also analysed in order to infer the relationship between longevity and fertility, and the influence of fertility determinants. The results show a natural fertility pattern, with a very young age at marriage and birth of first child (17.2 and 19.1 years respectively), and also a young age at last childbirth (38.8 years). The population's fitness showed greater values than for contemporary European populations, with 8 of 9.2 children surviving to adulthood, in comparison with 55% of newborns in Finland for the same period, suggesting a good adaptation of the population to their new environmental conditions. No relationship between fertility and lifespan was observed, as has been reported by other authors and in opposition to classical theories. A temporal trend in the number of children, consisting of three different phases, was observed, in accordance with the stability of living conditions in the region.

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“…A seasonal peak rate was found in February in the analyses that investigated the monthly cyclic trend of infant deaths and a peak mortality rate was revealed in March in the early neonatal mortality. Although we did not have data on the age or birthweight of infant related to the monthly numbers of death, we might speculate that the significant peak of neonatal and infant mortality could be related to respiratory infections at the end of winter .…”

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Trends in infant mortality rates in Hungary between 1963 and 2012

Nyári¹,

Nyári

McNally

2015

Acta Paediatrica

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“…Utility of the life table analysis of small populations has been extensively practiced in historical anthropology. The studies of Budnik et al (2004), Budnik and Liczbińska (2006), Liczbiń-ska (2010), and Rüttimann and Loesch (2012) are noteworthy in this aspect. Advancements in techniques of both data collection and analysis of mortality from historic record made it possible to attempt life table calculation for small and marginalized populations.…”

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Life Table Analysis of a Small Sample of Santal Population Living in a Rural Locality of West Bengal, India

Mozumdar

Das

2014

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Life table calculation of small populations, especially of marginal populations, is difficult due to a small number of death records and lack of a systematic birth and death registry. The present study aimed to calculate a life table of a small sample of Santal population from Beliatore area of the Bankura district, West Bengal, India, using the recall method. The data on birth and death events were collected using house-to-house interviewing and cross-checking the data with reference to the significant events of the area and the family. The life table was calculated from age specific death rate of a closed population retrospectively estimated for 10 years. The calculated life expectancy at birth of the study population was 63.9 years with a standard error of 3.15 years. The finding agrees with the life expectancy of the other larger populations of the region, although calculated using conventional methods. The method needs to be evaluated to get the optimum number of death events required for calculating the life table with an acceptable error level. The study will be helpful for comparisons of overall health status of small populations with respect to time and space.

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Mortality and morbidity in the city of Bern, Switzerland, 1805–1815 with special emphasis on infant, child and maternal deaths

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Fertility Pattern and Fitness of the Spanish-Mexican Colonists of California (1742–1876)

Fertility Pattern and Fitness of the Spanish-Mexican Colonists of California (1742–1876)

Trends in infant mortality rates in Hungary between 1963 and 2012

Life Table Analysis of a Small Sample of Santal Population Living in a Rural Locality of West Bengal, India

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