Disease, Mortality and Population in Transition
Epidemiological-demographic Change in England Since the Eighteenth Century as Part of a Global Phenomenon
Seiten
1990
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-7185-1344-3 (ISBN)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-7185-1344-3 (ISBN)
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Since the 18th century there has been a steady decline in mortality in the West and this has had a profound effect on the growth rate and age profile of the population. This book offers a new interpretation of the causes of this decline and gives a projection of global implications for the future.
Since the 18th century there has been a steady decline in mortality in the West, and this has had a profound effect on the growth rate of the population, and its age profile, in the developed countries. This study of the causes and implications of this phenomenon offers, firstly, a new unified interpretation of the mortality patterns of industrializing countries over the past three centuries and, secondly, a detailed analysis of the repercussions of this new approach on projections of the structure and size of the global population in the future.
Since the 18th century there has been a steady decline in mortality in the West, and this has had a profound effect on the growth rate of the population, and its age profile, in the developed countries. This study of the causes and implications of this phenomenon offers, firstly, a new unified interpretation of the mortality patterns of industrializing countries over the past three centuries and, secondly, a detailed analysis of the repercussions of this new approach on projections of the structure and size of the global population in the future.
Disease patterns, standard of living and population after the plague; 18th century patterns of diseases and mortality - the control of smallpox through immunization; changes in infant mortality, gastro-intestinal disease, typhus, typhoid and cholera; respiratory and airborne infectious diseases; the transition to non-communicable disease patterns; a global transition in disease and mortality.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.1990 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | figures, tables, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7185-1344-4 / 0718513444 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7185-1344-3 / 9780718513443 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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