Deciphering Global Epidemics : Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888–1912
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
ISBN-10
052147860X
ISBN-13
9780521478601
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 28th, 1998
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
795 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.40 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Epidemiology & medical statisticsEpidemiology and Medical statistics
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The authors uses data collected for 350 cities around the world to paint a picture of global mortality trends at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors analyse data on diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough, and death from all causes, to give insights into patterns of mortality from these diseases.
Using data collected for 350 cities from around the world, the authors use a variety of analytical methods to provide a global picture of what was happening to infectious epidemic diseases at a critical period in urban evolution on the international stage. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. To place the results in a wider time context, other data are used to look both backwards and forwards for nearly a century on either side of the twenty-five-year time window. The book presents a number of results that may be interpreted in the context of debates on the causes of long-term mortality decline from these infectious diseases. It will be of interest to students of demography, history of medicine, and economic history as well as to researchers already active in these fields.
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