Changing Mortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2196669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard Woolston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1927 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 937-946 |
| Publication date | 1927-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/214283 |
| OpenAlex | W4229555678 |
| Language | EN |
United States mortality rates, 1910-20, show uneven changes for various causes of death in different racial and local groups. This paper explains the calculation of a simple index by which these variations can readily be compared. Nine tables, showing the trend of mortality for important diseases among white and colored, rural and urban populations illustrate the use of this expression. Brief comments in the text point out significant tendencies disclosed by the figures. The paper thus presents scattered data in a form easily grasped by non-mathematical readers, and suggests more advanced problems for statistical experts
Econometrics · Epistemology · Expression (computer science) · Geography · Index (typography) · Mortality rate · Point (geometry) · Simple (philosophy) · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Demography · Health and Conflict Studies · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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