Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/mwo1vcr0ky
Mortality in Luka Šipanska from 1826 to 1900
Stjepan Tot
; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Based on the data derived from four death registers of the Luka Šipanska parish, this paper seeks to examine the mortality on the territory of this island parish in the period from 1826 to 1900 by determining various relevant mortality factors (annual and
monthly distribution of deaths, mortality rates, age- and sex-specific structure of deaths as well as causes of death) and correlating them with the processes of demographic and epidemiological transition.
The analysis has shown that in Luka Šipanska the process of demographic and epidemiological transition started around 1830, and resulted in low mortality rate, changes in the age structure of the deceased and changes in disease patterns. In the period under consideration, Luka Šipanska witnessed a population decline due to emigration. However, the mortality rate was around 20‰, which means that it was well below the boundary between high and low mortality. A low proportion of deceased infants and young children and a high proportion of elderly people in the age structure of the deceased were recorded. The population of Luka Šipanska mostly died from infectious diseases, but at the end of the nineteenth century there was a sudden increase in mortality due to malignant diseases and a slight increase attributed to cardiovascular diseases.
The results of the mortality analysis suggest that the transition effects recorded in the Luka Šipanska parish are comparable to the demographic trends in the Dubrovnik area, where, due to better health conditions and social development, the process of
demographic transition began 100 years earlier than in other Croatian regions.
Keywords
mortality; Luka Šipanska; 19th century; registry books; age structure; infant mortality; causes of death; demographic transition; epidemiological transition
Hrčak ID:
324065
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Publication date:
18.12.2024.
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