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Mortality Trends in Philadelphia: Age- and Cause-Specific Death Rates 1870–1930

Author(s) -

Gretchen A. Condran,

Rose Cheney

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061131

Subject(s) - demography , mortality rate , historical demography , cause of death , geography , developed country , population , medicine , disease , sociology , pathology

This article examines the decline in mortality which occurred in Philadelphia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Age- and cause-specific mortality rates accounting for the decline are isolated and the relative importance of several variables in explaining the reduction of overall mortality levels is assessed. By using small areas within the city we are able to establish the impact of particular innovations on specific causes of death.

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