Mortality in Five American Cities in the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1800-1930 (ICPSR 37155)

Version Date: Nov 14, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Michael R. Haines, Colgate University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37155.v1

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Summary

This collection contains five modified data sets with mortality, population, and other demographic information for five American cities (Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City (Manhattan only), New York; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. Mortality was represented by an annual crude death rate (deaths per 1000 population per year). The population was linearly interpolated from U.S. Census data and state census data (for Boston and New York City).

All data sets include variables for year, total deaths, census populations, estimated annual linearly interpolated populations, and crude death rate. The Baltimore data set (DS0001) also provides birth and death rate variables based on race and slave status demographics, as well as a variable for stillbirths. The Philadelphia data set (DS0005) also includes variables for total births, total infant deaths, crude birth rate, and infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

Citation

Haines, Michael R. Mortality in Five American Cities in the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1800-1930. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-11-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37155.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1800 -- 1930

Date of Collection

1810 -- 1920 (DS1: Baltimore, Maryland), 1810 -- 1920 (DS2: Boston, Massachusetts), 1810 -- 1910 (DS3: New Orleans, Louisiana), 1800 -- 1910 (DS4: Manhattan, New York), 1800 -- 1930 (DS5: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Data Collection Notes

  1. The sources of each data set are provided in the P.I. Codebook.

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Study Purpose

This collection contains five modified data sets with mortality, population, and other demographic information for five American cities (Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City (Manhattan only), New York; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from the early 19th century to the early 20th century.

Study Design

Mortality was represented by an annual crude death rate (deaths per 1000 population per year). The population was linearly interpolated from U.S. Census data and state census data (for Boston and New York City).

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Mortality rates in Baltimore, Maryland, Boston, Massachusetts, New Orleans, Louisiana, Manhattan, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1800 and 1930.

Unit(s) of Observation

Mortality rates

Data Source

U.S. Census data

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

2018-11-14

Version History

2018-11-14 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.

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