Evgeny Ivanovich Semykin,
Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Differences in the Dynamics and Structure of Causes of Mortality in Neonatal and Post-Neonatal Neonatal Infants in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Late 1950s – mid 1980s
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2024-3-5
The theory of epidemiological transition well describes processes occurring on a large scale. But when we analyze the demography of regions or small territories, the data on them are distinguished by their originality, which often does not correlate with global or national trends. Insufficient study of the problem of infant mortality in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the need for additional study of differences in the epidemiological picture of the neonatal and post-neonatal periods, as well as the need for additional research into regional demography in the context of the theory of epidemiological transition predetermined the choice of the subject and object of study of this work. By 1985, the total number of deaths decreased, while the number of children under the age of one month became even slightly higher than before; in percentage terms, we see a twofold increase in the mortality rate of children of the neonatal period from the number of all infant deaths compared to 1965. These values cannot be considered anomalous; for example, a year earlier, the proportion of deaths among all infants who did not survive to 1 month was slightly less than half of the total number. Since the late 1950s. We are seeing a fairly steady trend towards an increase in the share of children under 1 month of age in the structure of infant mortality, with a short-lived improvement in the situation in the mid-1970s was replaced by an increase in mortality by the end of the 1970s, and reached peak values in the mid-1980s. Based on the presented material, we can observe a very clear differentiation. Epidemiological processes in the age group of infants older than a month are fully consistent with the provisions of the theory of epidemiological transition, where a general decrease in mortality is associated with a change in the structure of mortality in favor of an increase in endogenous and a decrease in exogenous causes of mortality. Whereas for the age group up to a month, it would be fair to say about the opposite trend – the preservation of quantitative mortality indicators, in parallel with the growth of individual exogenous factors of death of newborns.
Publishing: 28/06/2024
The article has been received by the editor on 06/05/2024
How to cite: Semykin E.I. Differences in the Dynamics and Structure of Causes of Mortality in Neonatal and Post-Neonatal Neonatal Infants in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Late 1950s – mid 1980s // Historical Courier, 2024, No. 3 (35), pp. 70–81. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2024/ISTKURIER-2024-1-05.pdf]
The article was completed on the topic of the state assignment “Socio-Economic Potential of the Eastern Regions of Russia in the 20th – Early 21st Centuries: Management Strategies and Practices, Dynamics, Geopolitical Context” (FWZM-2024-0005).
Links: Issue 3 2024
Keywords: historical demography; demography of the Krasnoyarsk Territory; epidemiological transition; infant mortality; structure of causes of infant mortality