10.17197/U19014
Mattias Sandström
Maria Wisselgren
Päivi Jänkälä
Nina Brynefall
U19014 Disability and Disease during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Implications for Preparedness Policies
Demographic Data Base (DDB), Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University (UmU)
2020
POPLINK
Disability
Infectious disease
Influenza
Pandemic
Spanish flu
Church registers
Västerbotten
Jessica Dimka
en
Demographic data
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The aim of the project is to investigate disability as a risk factor for infectious disease, drawing on experiences during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
The project involves demographic and statistical analyses of data to determine whether people with disabilities were at greater risk of infection and/or mortality during the pandemic. It will also use quantitative and qualitative data to construct a simulation model for testing hypotheses about disease spread and potential interventions.