SUMMARY After reaching a very high level at the end of the war (1960-62), infant mortality and child mortality dropped sharply at the period of the Liberation but, from 1963 to 1968, no clear trend is discernible although a slight decline can be noticed in urban areas. Infant mortality rates for...

Tabutin Dominique. The Excess Mortality of Women in Europe before 1940. In the past female excess mortality was recorded especially during the reproductive ages. An analysis of data for four European countries (Sweden, France, England and Wales and Belgium), shows that this female excess...

SUMMARY At all times, only a small part of the male Algerian population has been polygamous. Since the end of the XlXth century, polygamy has been consistently falling and, from 1911 to 1966, the number of poly- gamists for 1 000 married men dicreased from 64 to 18. This rate is slightly higher...

Eggerickx (Thierry), Tabutin (Dominique). - Higher Mortality Rates among Belgian Girls in 1890. A Regional Approach During the nineteenth century, mortality of women between the ages of 2 and 30 years exceeded that of men, as it did in other European countries. This paper is designed to show the...

N'cho Sombo and Ta butin Dominique. ? Trends and causes of mortality in Mauritius since 1940. Mauritius experienced a brutal fall of mortality in 1949-50, due to campaigns of eradication of malaria, the mortality rate fell from 24 to 14 p. 1 000. Mortality then decreased regularly, then slows...

Tabutin Dominique. ? Regional Movements in Fertility in Western Zaire. In this paper, the results of several studies relating to fertility in Western Zaire are brought together. There are considerable variations in fertility within this region. In the equatorial zone, fertility was very low,...