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Michael Mühlichen

Premature mortality in the German Baltic Sea region now and then : patterns and trends from a regional and historical perspective

Universität Rostock, 2020

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002710

Abstract: This doctoral thesis examines the trends and patterns of premature mortality in the German Baltic Sea region in past and present. Based on demographic methods, it shows that the crucial determinants have changed over the course of the epidemiologic transition. Nutrition and sanitation were decisive factors in the 19th century, which led to significant variations in infant mortality by social class. Today, the access to adequate health care and risk-relevant behavior play a more important role in the region, with men in the eastern part showing the highest rates of avoidable mortality.

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