title: Age and sex differentials in mortality during two nineteenth century population crises.
abstract: "The exceptionally detailed Finnish materials are used to examine age- and sex-specific mortality in different regions during the country's last famine, the Great Famine of the 1860s.  This is compared with another mortality crisis, the 1808-09 War.  The results show that in cases when multiple infectious diseases were responsible for elevated mortality, the increases for different age categories were, by and large, proportional to the levels prevailing during normal times.  However, excess mortality showed more variability for children.  Furthermore, age- and sex-specific social behaviour (specifically large-scale temporary migration) during the crisis period shaped the age patterns and sex differentials in mortality." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D002423:Cause of Death; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004777:Environment; D005060:Europe; D005387:Finland; D005523:Food Supply; D009026:Mortality; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D013217:Starvation; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Behavior; Causes Of Death; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Mortality; Environment; Europe; Excess Mortality; Famine; Finland; Food Supply; Historical Survey; Mortality; Natural Resources; Northern Europe; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Scandinavia; Sex Factors; Social Behavior; War