Banca de DEFESA: DAYANE JULIA CARVALHO DIAS
Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.DISCENTE : DAYANE JULIA CARVALHO DIAS
DATA : 01/07/2016
HORA: 09:30
LOCAL: Sala 04 do DDCA/UFRN
TÍTULO:
O comportamento da mortalidade no Rio Grande do Norte entre 1805 e 1872
historical demography; demographic pre-transition; transition mortality; infectious diseases; Growth Balance de Brass Method (1975).
PALAVRAS-CHAVES:
Historical demography; demographic pre-transition; transition mortality; infectious diseases; Growth Balance de Brass Method (1975).
PÁGINAS: 51
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
ÁREA: Demografia
RESUMO:
This dissertation undertook a demographic study of mortality in Rio Grande do Norte during the nineteenth century, more precisely, between 1805 and 1872. It contributes to a still scarce set of studies in Brazil that are dedicated to the pre-demographic transition. Moreover, this work represented a challenge to propose a quantitative and employment demographic analysis techniques using data that were not designed specifically for these purposes. Contextually, the nineteenth century was marked by the occurrence of epidemic diseases, mainly due to poor sanitary conditions and medical care, and that played an important role in the causes of death structure of the period. In the case of Rio Grande do Norte the literature points to infeccious diseases such as smallpox, cholera and yellow fever playing a import role along the nineteenth century. Given the inherent limitations of historical data on population and deaths count, this study applied specific demographic techniques for correction and estimation of mortality indicators. Due to the availability of population information and total deaths and age group, analyzes were conducted to five points in time (1805, 1839, 1846, 1870 and 1872). Preliminary analysis indicated that the best method for correcting the underreporting of adult mortality was the Growth Balance Brass Method (1975). To estimate child mortality, was chosen an existing mortality function, using as criteria the one closest to adult mortality function. After analyzing various levels of life tables of Coale and Demeny (1996) western model (level 6) and east (level 19), and 19 mortality functions of different countries available on the site The Human Mortality Database, the function chosen was the Iceland in 1850. So we applied the indirect standardization method to adjust the level of mortality and obtained a new mortality to the Rio Grande do Norte in 1805. It was found that the specific rate of mortality of Rio Grande do Norte showed high levels of infant mortality among children aged zero to four years and in adults there was a high mortality at ages above 50 years. Life expectancy at birth was 32.3 years, a similar estimate to what Mortara (1941) found for Brazil in 1870 (life expectancy of 32.7 years) and 1890 (life expectancy of 30.6 years). In general, the results indicate congruence between the mortality age pattern estimated (children and the elderly as the most affected) and the mortality age pattern typical of areas affected by epidemics such as registered to Rio Grande do Norte over XIX century. It is suggested that future work to carry out the same exercise analysis and use of demographic techniques to data from other captaincies / northern provinces / northeast of the country, which possibly had socioeconomic and sanitary conditions similar to those of Rio Grande do Norte, in order to quantitatively compare the impact of epidemic crises in the region for the historical period depicted.
MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Externo ao Programa - 1324248 - CARMEN MARGARIDA OLIVEIRA ALVEAL
Interno - 1346605 - FLAVIO HENRIQUE MIRANDA DE ARAUJO FREIRE
Interno - 1715284 - LUANA JUNQUEIRA DIAS MYRRHA
Presidente - 2081758 - LUCIANA CONCEICAO DE LIMA
Externo ao Programa - 907.317.786-34 - MARIO MARCOS SAMPAIO RODARTE - UFMG