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Demography of colonisation and the ageing population
 — population profiles and mortality in Swedish Sapmi, 1750-1900
Author(s)Lena Karlsson
Journal titleAgeing and Society, vol 32 part 5, July 2012
Pagespp 812-832
Sourcehttp://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso
KeywordsPopulation statistics ; Ageing process ; Death rate [statistics] ; Ethnic groups ; Historical studies ; Sweden.
AnnotationThis Swedish study looked at population trends, age-specific death rates and causes of death for the older Sami population and settlers during the colonisation era (between 1750 and 1900). The source material was a set of data files from the Demographic Data Base (DDB) at Umeå University that covered parish records from three different parishes. Early in the colonisation period (1750-1840) the Sami had a lower proportion of the older population (60 years of age or less), compared to the non-Sami and the rest of Sweden. At the end of the colonisation period (1841-1900), the proportion of older Sami increased and was above the proportion of older non-Sami and more similar to the rest of Sweden. The analysis also reveals that the differences in mortality rates among the older Sami and their non-Sami counterparts diminished during the entire colonisation era (1750-1900), mainly because of an increased infant mortality among the non-Sami. Rather than ethnic differences in causes of death, the results show larger differences between the parishes. The study concludes that the Sami population's mortality declined, the health improved, and the Sami advanced more rapidly in the model of epidemiological transition, a milestone not yet reached by other indigenous people around the world. (JL).
Accession NumberCPA-120727005 A
ClassmarkS4: BG: S5: TK: HL: 76P

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