Use of a historical register in social epidemiology : child mortality in Stockholm at the turn of the 19th century
Sammanfattning
This study describes the age- and cause-specific levels and social determinants of high child mortality in Stockholm around the turn of the century. The study is based on computerized individual level sociodemographic information and the death certificates of children aged 0-15 years residing in Maria parish in Stockholm during the years 1885, 1891 and 1910 from a historical register (the Roteman archives). The usefulness of such data for further studies in social epidemiology is discussed.