Sören Edvinsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sören Edvinsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sören |
| FAMILY NAME | Edvinsson |
| SIGNATURE | EDVINSSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
On the association between weather variability and total and cause-specific mortality before and during industrialization in Sweden
While there is ample evidence for health risks associated with heat and other extreme weather events today, little is known about the impact of weather patterns on population health in preindustrial societies
Association of Seasonal Climate Variability and Age-Specific Mortality in Northern Sweden before the Onset of Industrialization
In this pre-industrial rural region in northern Sweden, higher levels of rain during the autumn increased the annual number of deaths. Harvest quality might be one critical factor in the causal pathway, affecting nutritional status and susceptibility to infectious diseases. Autumn rain probably also contributed to the spread of air-borne diseases in crowded living conditions. Children beyond infancy appeared most vulnerable to climate impacts
Testing Methods of Record Linkage on Swedish Censuses
Research benefits a great deal when different kinds of registers can be combined. Record linkage is an important tool for connecting sources to create longitudinal databases of individual data. In this article, researchers test and evaluate different methods of record linkage used when linking two censuses. By comparing the results of the census linkage with other continuous Swedish parish registers, they find that applying constructed name varia…
Do unequal societies cause death among the elderly? A study of the health effects of inequality in Swedish municipalities in 2006
BACKGROUND: A lively public and academic debate has highlighted the potential health risks of living in regions characterized by inequality. Research provides an ambiguous picture, however, with positive association between income equality and health mainly being found on higher levels of geographical division, such as nations, but rarely at local level. METHODS: We examined the association between income inequality (using the Gini coefficient) a…
The influence of seasonal climate variability on mortality in pre-industrial Sweden
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown an association between weather and climatic factors with mortality, cardiovascular and infectious diseases. We used historical data to investigate the impact of seasonal temperature and precipitation on total mortality in Uppsala, Sweden, during the first two stages of the demographic transition, 1749-1859. DESIGN: We retrieved mortality and population numbers of the Uppsala Domkyrka parish from digitised par…
Clustering of Deaths in Families: Infant and Child Mortality in Historical Perspective
This introduction surveys the field of family clustering of deaths and discusses the contributions in this special issue. The main focus is on mortality in historical contexts. Clustering of deaths in families has been found both in historical and contemporary populations, and we argue that the 'family approach' to infant and child mortality yields important and interesting insights for our understanding of different mortality patterns and the mo…
The Effect of Rh-Negative Disease on Perinatal Mortality: Some Evidence from the Skellefteå Region, Sweden, 1860-1900
The Rh-negative gene is a well-known cause of perinatal mortality. In this article, we analyze the possible role of Rh disease in perinatal mortality and stillbirths in a particular historical setting: the Skellefteå region in northern Sweden between 1860 and 1900. The data used for the study cover 23,067 children born to 4,943 women. The exact impact is not possible to establish using historical data, but the typical pattern of the disease allow…
Old age, health and social inequality: Exploring the social patterns of mortality in 19th century northern Sweden
Social position is one of the major determinants of health. Less is known about its effect in historical contexts. Previous studies have shown surprisingly small effects of social class in working age populations. Not much is known about social differences
Wealth and health in 19th Century Sweden. A study of social differences in adult mortality in the Sundsvall region
Migration and mortality trajectories: A study of individuals born in the rural community of Överkalix, Sweden
Infant mortality in the Nordic countries, 1780–1930
This article summarizes aspects of the decline in infant mortality in the five Nordic countries. During the nineteenth century, both the levels of infant mortality and its development differed among the Nordic countries. At an early date, Denmark, Norway and Sweden stood out as the countries with the lowest levels in Europe whereas levels of infant mortality in Iceland and Finland were comparatively high. Within the countries there were large reg…
Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
High-risk families: The unequal distribution of infant mortality in nineteenth-century Sweden
An analysis of infant mortality (based on 133,448 births) in two regions, Sundsvall and Skellefteå, in north-eastern Sweden during the nineteenth century shows that infant mortality was highly clustered with a relatively small number of families accounting for a large proportion of all infant deaths. Using logistic regression, two important factors were found to be associated with high-risk families: (i) a biological component evidenced by an ove…
Swedish towns during industrialization
This article discusses différent aspects of migration and health in Swedish 19th century urban environments. The décliné in urban mortality set in during the last decades of the century, at the same time as Sweden rapidly became more urbani-zed. The relation between population increase and mortality was however not that clear. The article analyses mortality among migrants in comparison with the more permanently resident population in two Swedish …
Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data
(2000). Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 33, Spatial Variations in Mortality, pp. 105-114
Wealth and health in 19th Century Sweden. A study of social differences in adult mortality in the Sundsvall region
Infant mortality in the Nordic countries, 1780–1930
This article summarizes aspects of the decline in infant mortality in the five Nordic countries. During the nineteenth century, both the levels of infant mortality and its development differed among the Nordic countries. At an early date, Denmark, Norway and Sweden stood out as the countries with the lowest levels in Europe whereas levels of infant mortality in Iceland and Finland were comparatively high. Within the countries there were large reg…
Testing Methods of Record Linkage on Swedish Censuses
Research benefits a great deal when different kinds of registers can be combined. Record linkage is an important tool for connecting sources to create longitudinal databases of individual data. In this article, researchers test and evaluate different methods of record linkage used when linking two censuses. By comparing the results of the census linkage with other continuous Swedish parish registers, they find that applying constructed name varia…
High-risk families: The unequal distribution of infant mortality in nineteenth-century Sweden
An analysis of infant mortality (based on 133,448 births) in two regions, Sundsvall and Skellefteå, in north-eastern Sweden during the nineteenth century shows that infant mortality was highly clustered with a relatively small number of families accounting for a large proportion of all infant deaths. Using logistic regression, two important factors were found to be associated with high-risk families: (i) a biological component evidenced by an ove…
Clustering of Deaths in Families: Infant and Child Mortality in Historical Perspective
This introduction surveys the field of family clustering of deaths and discusses the contributions in this special issue. The main focus is on mortality in historical contexts. Clustering of deaths in families has been found both in historical and contemporary populations, and we argue that the 'family approach' to infant and child mortality yields important and interesting insights for our understanding of different mortality patterns and the mo…
Old age, health and social inequality: Exploring the social patterns of mortality in 19th century northern Sweden
Social position is one of the major determinants of health. Less is known about its effect in historical contexts. Previous studies have shown surprisingly small effects of social class in working age populations. Not much is known about social differences
Migration and mortality trajectories: A study of individuals born in the rural community of Överkalix, Sweden
On the association between weather variability and total and cause-specific mortality before and during industrialization in Sweden
While there is ample evidence for health risks associated with heat and other extreme weather events today, little is known about the impact of weather patterns on population health in preindustrial societies
Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data
(2000). Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 33, Spatial Variations in Mortality, pp. 105-114
Swedish towns during industrialization
This article discusses différent aspects of migration and health in Swedish 19th century urban environments. The décliné in urban mortality set in during the last decades of the century, at the same time as Sweden rapidly became more urbani-zed. The relation between population increase and mortality was however not that clear. The article analyses mortality among migrants in comparison with the more permanently resident population in two Swedish …
Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data
(2000). Infant Mortality in Sweden; Creating Regions from Nineteenth-Century Parish Data. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History: Vol. 33, Spatial Variations in Mortality, pp. 105-114
High-risk families: The unequal distribution of infant mortality in nineteenth-century Sweden
An analysis of infant mortality (based on 133,448 births) in two regions, Sundsvall and Skellefteå, in north-eastern Sweden during the nineteenth century shows that infant mortality was highly clustered with a relatively small number of families accounting for a large proportion of all infant deaths. Using logistic regression, two important factors were found to be associated with high-risk families: (i) a biological component evidenced by an ove…
Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
Infant mortality in the Nordic countries, 1780–1930
This article summarizes aspects of the decline in infant mortality in the five Nordic countries. During the nineteenth century, both the levels of infant mortality and its development differed among the Nordic countries. At an early date, Denmark, Norway and Sweden stood out as the countries with the lowest levels in Europe whereas levels of infant mortality in Iceland and Finland were comparatively high. Within the countries there were large reg…
Wealth and health in 19th Century Sweden. A study of social differences in adult mortality in the Sundsvall region
Migration and mortality trajectories: A study of individuals born in the rural community of Överkalix, Sweden
Clustering of Deaths in Families: Infant and Child Mortality in Historical Perspective
This introduction surveys the field of family clustering of deaths and discusses the contributions in this special issue. The main focus is on mortality in historical contexts. Clustering of deaths in families has been found both in historical and contemporary populations, and we argue that the 'family approach' to infant and child mortality yields important and interesting insights for our understanding of different mortality patterns and the mo…
The Effect of Rh-Negative Disease on Perinatal Mortality: Some Evidence from the Skellefteå Region, Sweden, 1860-1900
The Rh-negative gene is a well-known cause of perinatal mortality. In this article, we analyze the possible role of Rh disease in perinatal mortality and stillbirths in a particular historical setting: the Skellefteå region in northern Sweden between 1860 and 1900. The data used for the study cover 23,067 children born to 4,943 women. The exact impact is not possible to establish using historical data, but the typical pattern of the disease allow…
Old age, health and social inequality: Exploring the social patterns of mortality in 19th century northern Sweden
Social position is one of the major determinants of health. Less is known about its effect in historical contexts. Previous studies have shown surprisingly small effects of social class in working age populations. Not much is known about social differences
Do unequal societies cause death among the elderly? A study of the health effects of inequality in Swedish municipalities in 2006
BACKGROUND: A lively public and academic debate has highlighted the potential health risks of living in regions characterized by inequality. Research provides an ambiguous picture, however, with positive association between income equality and health mainly being found on higher levels of geographical division, such as nations, but rarely at local level. METHODS: We examined the association between income inequality (using the Gini coefficient) a…
The influence of seasonal climate variability on mortality in pre-industrial Sweden
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown an association between weather and climatic factors with mortality, cardiovascular and infectious diseases. We used historical data to investigate the impact of seasonal temperature and precipitation on total mortality in Uppsala, Sweden, during the first two stages of the demographic transition, 1749-1859. DESIGN: We retrieved mortality and population numbers of the Uppsala Domkyrka parish from digitised par…
Association of Seasonal Climate Variability and Age-Specific Mortality in Northern Sweden before the Onset of Industrialization
In this pre-industrial rural region in northern Sweden, higher levels of rain during the autumn increased the annual number of deaths. Harvest quality might be one critical factor in the causal pathway, affecting nutritional status and susceptibility to infectious diseases. Autumn rain probably also contributed to the spread of air-borne diseases in crowded living conditions. Children beyond infancy appeared most vulnerable to climate impacts
Testing Methods of Record Linkage on Swedish Censuses
Research benefits a great deal when different kinds of registers can be combined. Record linkage is an important tool for connecting sources to create longitudinal databases of individual data. In this article, researchers test and evaluate different methods of record linkage used when linking two censuses. By comparing the results of the census linkage with other continuous Swedish parish registers, they find that applying constructed name varia…
On the association between weather variability and total and cause-specific mortality before and during industrialization in Sweden
While there is ample evidence for health risks associated with heat and other extreme weather events today, little is known about the impact of weather patterns on population health in preindustrial societies
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