Article ID: CBB205638611

Maternal Mortality in 19th- and Early 20th-century Italy (2020)

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Although dramatically reduced in Western and developed countries, maternal mortality is still today one of the most relevant social and health scourges in developing countries. This is the reason why high levels of maternal mortality are always interpreted as a sign of low living standards, ignorance, poverty and woman discrimination. Maternal mortality represents, therefore, a very peculiar characteristic of demographic systems of ancien regime. Despite this important role in demographic systems, no systematic study has been addressed to investigate the impact of maternal mortality in historical Italy. The aim of this article is to shed some light on such a phenomenon by investigating its trend over time and the determinants in some Italian populations between the 18th and the early 20th centuries. The analysis will make use of civil and parish registers linked together by means of nominative techniques, and it will be, therefore, carried out at the micro level.

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Authors & Contributors
Bernabeu Mestre, Josep
Blom, Ida
Bracken, Hillary Jean
Brouwere, Vincent De
Fariñas, Diego Ramiro
Knott, Sarah
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Asclepio: Archivo Iberoamericano de Historia de la Medicina
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Continuity and Change
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Cambridge University
University of Virginia
MIT Press
Publications de l'Université de Provence
Routledge
Concepts
Mothers and children
Obstetrics and pregnancy
Maternal health services
Public health
Mortality
Women and health
People
Savonarola, Giovanni Michele
Ballantyne, John William
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, early
15th century
Places
Spain
United States
Brazil
Great Britain
India
France
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