Population Studies · 1988 · 163 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesDemographyPopulation Health SciencesEpidemiologyHistorical DemographySocial DemographyChild MortalityInfant MortalityMortality DeclineMortality PatternsNeonatal MortalityPopulation ChangeDemographic Pattern AnalysisEarly Childhood MortalityHistorical Mortality DeclineInfant Mortality AnalysisInfant Mortality DeclineNeonatal Mortality RatesPopulation Mortality PatternsSocial Class Variation
This paper is the first part of a contribution to the debate on the reasons for the rapid decline of infant mortality at the very beginning of the twentieth century in England and Wales. It presents a detailed demographic analysis of the pattern of infant mortality variation over time and through space, by type of environment (especially urban and rural), and by social class. The second part (to be published in the next issue) considers a number of possible causes of infant mortality decline.