How many lived to maturity?

Authors

• Eino Jutikkala

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23979/fypr.44867

Keywords:

mortality decline, child mortality, adolescent mortality, mortality, historical demography, Finland

Abstract

Calculations have been made of the total child and adolescent mortality in Finland in the 1700s and 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s. The author examines the cohort mortality of children and adolescents in different periods, regions and social groups. He does this by using the family reconstruction method with the aid of genealogical tables. The study focuses on five populations. In these cases the common allegation that during preindustrial period half the children died before reaching maturity is somewhat exaggerated.