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1985
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Alfred Perrenoud, « Le biologique et l'humain dans le déclin séculaire de la mortalité », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1985.283146
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The Biological and the Human in the Secular Decline of Mortality Through a comparative analysis this study invites a re-examination of the group of factors believed to be associated with the decline of mortality and calls into question the traditional Malthusian explanation according to which the progress beginning in the 18th century was due to a general improvement in the state of health in the population as a result of better nutrition. The examination of the evolution of mortality by age raises striking analogies between geographically distant regions having few points in common with regard to their level of development, their historical traditions, and their social and cultural characteristics. In this context it seems that the long term evolution of mortality, until the Pasteurian revolution, proceeds less from human than from biological factors. The explanation could be attributed to climate though within an inverted perspective : the periods of increased cold coincide with phases of a retreat in mortality, especially among children.