Two Centuries of Mortality Change in Central Japan
The Evidence From a Temple Death Register
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Bowman Jannetta (University of Pittsburgh), H Preston (0000-0001-7038-9689, California University of Pennsylvania), Samuel H Preston |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-436 |
| Publication date | 1991-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0032472031000145616 |
| PMID | 11612679 |
| OpenAlex | W2021655154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
Temple registers in a remote area of central Japan are used to produce a portrait of mortality change over a period of nearly two centuries. This portrait is most remarkable in showing a near-stability in life expectancy at birth between 30 and 40 years until the middle of the twentieth century. This stability was to some extent a product of offsetting trends. Infant and child mortality declined sharply after 1885, coinciding with a major national effort to vaccinate against smallpox. At the same time, mortality was rising at ages 15–29 as industrialization brought increased exposure to tuberculosis. Both these trends are likely to have been shared throughout much of rural Japan
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economics · Geography · Life expectancy · Middle Ages · Population · Portrait · Smallpox · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vaccination · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 0,74 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |