-15 Ebola outbreak in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to the two diseases and their lethality; the … spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their …

and COVID-19 in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to Ebola and plague and their lethality; the … spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their …

Responsibility for the tremendous excess mortality associated with the Great Irish Famine of 1846-51 is a continuing … lack of detailed information on how well relief efforts performed at a local level. Excess mortality ranged from one … administrative records. We use those records to study the Union's day-to-day functioning during the famine and to estimate mortality …

persisted as an underclass, 30-50% poorer than the English. Infant mortality is about 25% higher for the Irish 1838- 1950 but …

Responsibility for the tremendous excess mortality associated with the Great Irish Famine of 1846-51 is a continuing … lack of detailed information on how well relief efforts performed at a local level. Excess mortality ranged from one … administrative records. We use those records to study the Union's day-to-day functioning during the famine and to estimate mortality …

Existing studies find little connection between living standards and mortality in England, but go back only to the … sixteenth century. Using new data on inheritances, we extend estimates of mortality back to the mid-thirteenth century and find … the link between harvest failure and mass mortality. …