Title Count the dead : coroners, quants, and the birth of death as we know it / Stephen Berry

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022] Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 119 pages) : illustrations Series The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Every body matters -- The birth of death as we know it -- The math of after -- The power of a name -- The temple of time Summary "The global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in human history, undergirding massive improvements in human life and lifestyles. In 1850, Americans died at an average age of 30. Today, the average is almost 80. This story is typically told as a series of medical breakthroughs - Jenner and vaccination, Lister and antisepsis, Snow and germ theory, Fleming and penicillin - but the lion's share of the credit belongs to the men and women who dedicated their lives to collecting good data. Examining the development of death registration systems in the United States - from the first mortality census in 1850 to the development of the death certificate at the turn of the century - Count the Dead argues that mortality data transformed life on Earth, proving critical to the systemization of public health, casualty reporting, and human rights"-- Provided by publisher Notes Description based on print version record Subject Public health -- United States -- History Registers of births, etc. -- United States -- History Mortality -- United States. HISTORY / United States / General Statistical services Registers of births, etc. Public health Mortality SUBJECT United States -- Statistical services -- History United States -- Statistics, Vital -- Social aspects United States -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 20th century United States -- Statistics, Vital -- History -- 19th century Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Project Muse. distributor. LC no. 2021049359 ISBN 9781469667515 9781469667539 1469667533 9781469667522 1469667541 1469667517 1469667525 9781469667546

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