| Was what ail'd ya what kill'd ya? | |
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PMID: 23298699 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Making use of those Union Army veterans for whom death certificates are available, we compare the conditions with which they were diagnosed by Civil War pension surgeons to the causes of death on the certificates. We divide the data between those veterans who entered the pension system early because of war injuries and those who entered the pension system after the 1890 reform that made it available to many more veterans. We examine the correlation between specific medical conditions rated by the surgeons and death causes to gauge support for the hypothesis that death is attributable to something specific. We also examine the correlation between the accumulation of rated conditions to the length of time until death to gauge support for the "insult hypothesis." In general, we find support for both hypotheses. Examining the hazard ratios for dying of a specific condition, there is support for the idea that what ail'd ya' is what kill'd ya'. |
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Authors:
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Robert W Fogel; Louis Cain; Joseph Burton; Brian Bettenhausen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-20 |
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Title: Economics and human biology Volume: - ISSN: 1873-6130 ISO Abbreviation: Econ Hum Biol Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2013-1-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101166135 Medline TA: Econ Hum Biol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Center for Population Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, United States. Electronic address: rwf@cpe.uchicago.edu. |
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