Mortality in the South, 1850

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Label

Mortality in the South, 1850

Statement of responsibility

Robert W. Fogel, Stanley L. Engerman

Contributor

• Engerman, Stanley L
• Fogel, Robert William
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Nineteenth century
• Statistics
• Tennessee
• United States
• African Americans
• Death
• Kentucky
• Southern United States
• Slavery
• Populations
• Vital statistics
• Texas
• North Carolina
• Mortality rates
• Southern States -- Statistics, Vital
• Diseases
• Antebellum South
• Mortality -- Southern States
• History
• Epidemiology
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Life cycle
• Slave populations
• South Carolina

Genre

• Statistics, Vital
• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

This study recorded information on deaths that occurred in 1850 in seven states of the southern United States: Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The data were obtained from the manuscript mortality schedules of the 1850 United States Census. Variables identify the state and county in which each death occurred, and provide information on the age, sex, race, legal status (free or slave), place of birth, and occupation of the deceased. The month and cause of death as well as the number of days of illness before death are also documented

Member of

• ICPSR (Series), 7424

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

MiAaI

Characteristic

combination

Funding information

National Science Foundation.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

ICPSR

Series volume

7424

Target audience

specialized