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Spatial and Temporal Analyses of the Event of Death for 1480 in Milan Using the Data Contained in the Sforza’s Registers of the Dead

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  • Ester Luconi

    (Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Patrizia Boracchi

    (Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
    Data Science and Research Center (DSRC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Riccardo Nodari

    (Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Paediatric Research Centre, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Francesco Comandatore

    (Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Paediatric Research Centre, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Marano

    (Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Folco Vaglienti

    (Department of Historical Studies, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy)

  • Massimo Galli

    (Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

  • Elia Biganzoli

    (Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
    Data Science and Research Center (DSRC), University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy)

Abstract

Historical death registration was conducted primarily to assess the presence of plague. The Liber Mortuorum of Milan was one of Europe’s first registers with many socio-demographical details. In this work, we consider 1480 to make spatial and temporal analyses of the event of death to find possible explanations about the events’ distribution and the events’ trend over time. The spatial analyses involved Moran’s I, the LISA, and the heatmaps; the temporal analysis applied the Durbin-Watson test. All the analyses were conducted separately on all subjects (1813), children (765), and adults (1046). Contrade (districts) were considered for spatial analysis. Moran’s I and the Durbin Watson test were significant on all subjects and children’s analyses, and the LISA showed the same results for those groups. Children may significantly impact the distribution of death and the trend over time. At least half of the children were 0 years old, and survival in the very first childhood period was closely linked to the family, so that it could be a proxy of the conditions of an area.

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  • Ester Luconi & Patrizia Boracchi & Riccardo Nodari & Francesco Comandatore & Giuseppe Marano & Folco Vaglienti & Massimo Galli & Elia Biganzoli, 2023. "Spatial and Temporal Analyses of the Event of Death for 1480 in Milan Using the Data Contained in the Sforza’s Registers of the Dead," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:2783-:d:1057971
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