Preliminary Programme

The SHiP-network aims to study in a comparative fashion the dynamics of mortality change in high level disease environments in port cities across Europe. The network focuses on port cities for which we have individual-level cause-of-death data for the entire population for approximately the period 1850-1950. These are truly unique datasets which enable us to go beyond what was captured in highly-aggregated national statistics based on extremely limited 19th century disease classifications. The network comprises 30 scholars from 25 universities across Europe. An important step towards comparative research is the development of a joint international historical coding system for causes of death. The SHiP historical cause-of-death coding system is based on the ICD-10 coding system, the advantage is that this allows for long term trends and changes to be investigated. The ICD10 system is however adapted to also allow the incorporation of historical designations in such a way that this information will be preserved for analysis. In this paper the ICD10h coding system is tested on Antwerp data. (Show less)

The SHiP-network aims to study in a comparative fashion the dynamics of mortality change in high level disease environments in port cities across Europe. The network focuses on port cities for which we have individual-level cause-of-death data for the entire population for approximately the period 1850-1950. These are truly unique datasets which enable us to go beyond what was captured in highly-aggregated national statistics based on extremely limited 19th century disease classifications. The network comprises 30 scholars from 25 universities across Europe. An important step towards comparative research is the development of a joint international historical coding system for causes of death. The SHiP historical cause-of-death coding system is based on the ICD-10 coding system, the advantage is that this allows for long term trends and changes to be investigated. The ICD10 system is however adapted to also allow the incorporation of historical designations in such a way that this information will be preserved for analysis. In this paper the ICD10h coding system is tested on Amsterdam data. (Show less)

The SHiP-network aims to study in a comparative fashion the dynamics of mortality change in high level disease environments in port cities across Europe. The network focuses on port cities for which we have individual-level cause-of-death data for the entire population for approximately the period 1850-1950. These are truly unique datasets which enable us to go beyond what was captured in highly-aggregated national statistics based on extremely limited 19th century disease classifications. The network comprises 30 scholars from 25 universities across Europe. An important step towards comparative research is the development of a joint international historical coding system for causes of death. The SHiP historical cause-of-death coding system is based on the ICD-10 coding system, the advantage is that this allows for long term trends and changes to be investigated. The ICD10 system is however adapted to also allow the incorporation of historical designations in such a way that this information will be preserved for analysis. In this paper the ICD10h coding system is tested on Danish data. (Show less)

The SHiP-network aims to study in a comparative fashion the dynamics of mortality change in high level disease environments in port cities across Europe. The network focuses on port cities for which we have individual-level cause-of-death data for the entire population for approximately the period 1850-1950. These are truly unique datasets which enable us to go beyond what was captured in highly-aggregated national statistics based on extremely limited 19th century disease classifications. The network comprises 30 scholars from 25 universities across Europe. An important step towards comparative research is the development of a joint international historical coding system for causes of death. The SHiP historical cause-of-death coding system is based on the ICD-10 coding system, the advantage is that this allows for long term trends and changes to be investigated. The ICD10 system is however adapted to also allow the incorporation of historical designations in such a way that this information will be preserved for analysis. In this paper the ICD10h coding system is tested on Norwegian data. (Show less)