کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4200451 1279365 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The Use of Historical Vital Statistics when Analyzing African-Descended Population Heterogeneity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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The Use of Historical Vital Statistics when Analyzing African-Descended Population Heterogeneity
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper explores population substructure through an analysis of 726 individual death certificates representing African-American and West-Indian immigrant populations who died from tubercular infection in Manhattan, New York City, NY, 1890-1930. From the death certificate data, four classes of tubercular infection were derived: pulmonary, chronic pulmonary, acute/miliary tuberculosis and tubercular meningitis. Individuals were classified according to color and place of birth. Using these data, the correlation among color, region of birth and the type of tubercular infection causing death was examined. Through a Chi-squared analysis, the data demonstrated that: 1) color did not significantly influence the type of tuberculosis an individual died from, and 2) region of birth influenced the type of tuberculosis an individual died from. The results of this analysis lead to the conclusion that historical vital records, specifically death certificate data, are useful when exploring historical population substructure.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the National Medical Association - Volume 100, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 8-17
نویسندگان
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