Infancia, mortalidad y causas de muerte en España en el primer tercio del siglo XX (1906-1932)

Abstract

This article is a contribution to the study of the decline of childhood mortality (ages 0 to 4)
in Spain during the beginning of the XX century. The work analyses the mortality levels and
structure by age (q0 and 4q1) and cause of death in two key dates: 1906 and 1932, according to
the main groups of causes (digestive diseases, respiratory diseases, infectious and epidemic diseases
and nervous system diseases). The work reveals the importance of this analysis to explain
the changes in mortality by age and cause of death during the beginning of the demographic
transition and the social and economic modernization of the country. It also examines the regional
distribution of the fenomenon and shows the extent of regional differences in demographic
modernisation.