Indigenous life expectancy in Sweden 1850-1899 : towards a long and healthy life?
Background: Previous research has shown that the health transition and demographical pattern of indigenous people has followed a different path compared to non-indigenous groups living in the same area with higher mortality rates and shortened life expectancy at birth. Objective: This paper draws at...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-67369 2023-10-09T21:55:44+02:00 Indigenous life expectancy in Sweden 1850-1899 : towards a long and healthy life? Karlsson, Lena 2013 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-67369 https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.16 eng eng Umeå universitet, Demografiska databasen Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Demographic Research, 1435-9871, 2013, 28:16, s. 433-456 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-67369 doi:10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.16 ISI:000315925500001 Scopus 2-s2.0-84884200976 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess demography life expectancy Sami infant mortality causes of death Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Sociology (excluding Social Work Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete socialpsykologi och socialantropologi) Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2013 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.16 2023-09-22T13:59:40Z Background: Previous research has shown that the health transition and demographical pattern of indigenous people has followed a different path compared to non-indigenous groups living in the same area with higher mortality rates and shortened life expectancy at birth. Objective: This paper draws attention to the development of life expectancy for the Sami and non-Sami during the colonization era (1850-1899). The paper will compare the development of life expectancy levels, infant mortality, and age-specific mortality between the Sami and the non-Sami population and analyze the main causes of death. Methods: The source material for this study is a set of data files from the Demographic Data Base (DDB) at Umeå University. Life tables and calculations of values of life expectancies are calculated using period data. Results: The analysis reveals that the life expectancy at birth was remarkably lower for the Sami during the entire period, corresponding to a high infant mortality. When comparing life expectancy at birth with life expectancy at age one, Sami still had a lower life expectancy during the entire period. The analysis also reveals a lower proportion of deaths due to infections among the younger Sami. Conclusions: The results paint a complex picture of the demographic transition in Sápmi. Neither the Sami nor the non-Sami population followed the same pattern of increased life expectancies at birth, as the Swedish population did in general. The negative consequences of colonization (high mortality, low life expectancy at birth) hit the Sami and non-Sami populations, but at different time periods. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Demographic Research 28 433 456 |
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Background: Previous research has shown that the health transition and demographical pattern of indigenous people has followed a different path compared to non-indigenous groups living in the same area with higher mortality rates and shortened life expectancy at birth. Objective: This paper draws attention to the development of life expectancy for the Sami and non-Sami during the colonization era (1850-1899). The paper will compare the development of life expectancy levels, infant mortality, and age-specific mortality between the Sami and the non-Sami population and analyze the main causes of death. Methods: The source material for this study is a set of data files from the Demographic Data Base (DDB) at Umeå University. Life tables and calculations of values of life expectancies are calculated using period data. Results: The analysis reveals that the life expectancy at birth was remarkably lower for the Sami during the entire period, corresponding to a high infant mortality. When comparing life expectancy at birth with life expectancy at age one, Sami still had a lower life expectancy during the entire period. The analysis also reveals a lower proportion of deaths due to infections among the younger Sami. Conclusions: The results paint a complex picture of the demographic transition in Sápmi. Neither the Sami nor the non-Sami population followed the same pattern of increased life expectancies at birth, as the Swedish population did in general. The negative consequences of colonization (high mortality, low life expectancy at birth) hit the Sami and non-Sami populations, but at different time periods. |
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