This book combines new research data with findings from present-day health surveys to examine the history of ill health and its outcomes in Europe and North America from the 17th century to the present, and to offer some forecasts about future sickness rates and trends. The book assesses the long-run trend of sickness rates and offers a new interpretation of the history of sickness, relying on sickness rates rather than diagnoses of causes of death. Known as "insult accumulation", this interpretation is presented in terms ...
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This book combines new research data with findings from present-day health surveys to examine the history of ill health and its outcomes in Europe and North America from the 17th century to the present, and to offer some forecasts about future sickness rates and trends. The book assesses the long-run trend of sickness rates and offers a new interpretation of the history of sickness, relying on sickness rates rather than diagnoses of causes of death. Known as "insult accumulation", this interpretation is presented in terms of a theory about how sicknesses experienced earlier in life influence later sickness and the timing of death. James C. Riley is the author of "Population Thought in the Age of the Demographic Revolution" and "The Eighteenth-Century Campaign to Avoid Disease".
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780333484401.