Two Centuries of Mortality Change in Central Japan: The Evidence From a Temple Death Register

Jannetta, Ann Bowman; Preston, Samuel H.

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“…The comparison of mortality patterns in the populations studied by Jannetta and Preston (1991), Saito (1997) and Tsuya et al . (1999) with model patterns suggests that none of the pre-industrial Japanese populations had a mortality pattern that closely resembled the Far Eastern model.…”

Section: Age Patterns Of Mortality and Their Sex Differentialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mortality Transition in East Asia

Zhao

Kinfu

2005

Asian Population Studies

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Section: Age Patterns Of Mortality and Their Sex Differentialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mortality Transition in East Asia

Zhao

Kinfu

2005

Asian Population Studies

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“…In some cases, the mortality of females was higher than that of males. In the populations studied by Jannetta and Preston (1991), Saito (1997), and Tsuya et al (1999), the difference between the life expectancies of males and females was small. It was less than 3 years during the period before 1870.…”

Section: Mortality Patterns In Japan and Mainland Chinamentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Mortality in Japan was relatively high in historical populations. In the populations examined by Jannetta and Preston (1991) and Saito (1997), life expectancies at birth varied between 30 and 40 years before 1870. Some scholars have reported that life expectancies in other historical populations were higher than 40 years, but, judging from the fact that most of the available studies have not dealt effectively with the problem of under-registration of infant deaths, actual life expectancies in the populations studied were very likely to have been lower.…”

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On the Far Eastern pattern of mortality

Zhao

2003

Population Studies

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Since the early 1980s, it has been accepted widely that there is a Far Eastern pattern of mortality, a pattern characterized by excessively high death rates among older men relative to death rates among younger men and among women. It has been regarded as a unique regional mortality pattern, applying primarily to Far Eastern populations. A re-examination of the mortality data of some Far Eastern populations reveals that changes in both age patterns of and sex differentials in mortality have been widely observed. Further, mortality patterns similar to the so-called Far Eastern mortality model have been found in many other populations.

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“…Diversas fuentes etnográficas e históricas muestran que los adultos sobre sesenta años seguían siendo parte activa en diversas sociedades con características demográfi-cas muy disimiles entre ellas (Blurton Jones et al 1992;Chamberlain 2006: 59, 61, 66-67;Harlow y Laurence 2002: 118;Headland 1989;Harrison 1995;Hill y Hurtado 1995;Howell 1979;Janetta y Preston 1991;Sarkar 1951;Scott y Duncan 1998;Shahar 1993;Smith 1960;Tomasson 1977), por lo que no sería extraño hallar individuos adultos mayores y seniles dentro del Complejo Pica Tarapacá.…”

Section: Estimación De La Edad De Muerteunclassified

Dimorfismo sexual, distribución etaria y longevidad del cementerio Pica 8 (período Intermedio Tardío, 950-1450 DC, Norte Grande de Chile)

2012

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ResumenEl objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar la distribución por sexo, edad y longevidad de los individuos adultos de la colección esqueletal cementerio Pica 8 (82 individuos), perteneciente al Complejo Pica Tarapacá, Norte Grande de Chile. Respecto al sexo, se utilizaron los métodos de Buikstra y colaboradores para coxales y Ferembach y colaboradores para el cráneo, con lo que se pudo estimar el sexo de toda la muestra (35 masculinos; 47 femeninos). Respecto a la estimación de la edad, se utilizaron los métodos de Brooks y Suchey para la sínfisis púbica y Lovejoy para la superficie auricular del ilion.Éstos presentaron estimaciones similares hasta los 39 años, pero difirieron posteriormente. Se discute la presencia de individuos seniles en este Complejo Cultural, ya que abre interesantes interrogantes sobre su rol cultural. En este sentido, es importante complementar la investigación, utilizando una visión desde la paleogerontología y en general, una visión a partir de la antropología de las edades, que podría contribuir más a la comprensión de este Complejo Cultural. Palabras claves:Complejo Pica Tarapacá -estimación de sexo -estimación de la edad de muerte -longevidad. AbstractThe aim of this paper was to study the age, sex and longevity distributions of adult skeletons from Pica 8 skeletal collection (82 skeletons), belonging to the Pica Tarapacá Complex, Northern Chile. Regarding sex estimation, we utilized Buikstra and colleagues' method for the os coxae bone and Ferembach and colleagues' method for cranial estimation was utilized. With these methods sex was estimated for all the sample (35 males, 47 females). Concerning age estimation, Brooks and Suchey method for pubic symphysis and Lovejoy method for iliac auricular surface were utilized. Both methods showed similar estimations until 39 years old, but differed beyond this age. The presence of senile individuals in this cultural complex is discussed as it opens interesting venues of research about their cultural role. In this sense, it is important to complement the research with a paleo gerontologic focus and in general, a focus from the Anthropology of Aging, which could contribute more to understanding of this cultural complex.

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Two Centuries of Mortality Change in Central Japan: The Evidence From a Temple Death Register

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Mortality Transition in East Asia

Mortality Transition in East Asia

On the Far Eastern pattern of mortality

Dimorfismo sexual, distribución etaria y longevidad del cementerio Pica 8 (período Intermedio Tardío, 950-1450 DC, Norte Grande de Chile)

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