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Counting death and disease: classification of death and disease in the interwar years, 1919–1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2004

IRIS BOROWY
IRIS BOROWY
Affiliation:
Historical Institute, University of Rostock.
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Abstract

The International Lists of Causes of Death and Diseases underwent their Fourth and Fifth Revisions during the years before the First and Second World Wars, the only time that two institutions of different disciplines, the International Statistical Institute and the League of Nations Health Organization, participated in the revision process. This resulted in a mixture of institutional rivalry and cooperation, involving national, ideological and professional interests.

The revisions entailed extensive international discussions. The studies on which they were based revealed a lack of international uniformity in disease classification and thus basic problems regarding the reliability and comparability of vital statistical data.

Type
Research Article
Information
Continuity and Change , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , December 2003 , pp. 457 - 481
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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