Badania demograficzne nad ludźmi starymi w Lubelskiem w świetle metryk zgonów (wybrane aspekty). Część I, Kurów (1698-1825)
Demographic studies of old people in the region of Lublin in the light of death records (some aspects). Part I, Kurów (1698-1825)

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the problem of the elderly in the parish of Kurów for over two centuries. The parish, which dates back to the fifteenth century, had more than 2150 Catholics in 1787. In the period under study, 6633 people died, in case of 339 no age was given. 1030 dead people were old ones, that is, being 60 years old or more. Initially, the registration of the age of the deceased was unreliable, a marked improvement in that area took place in the 1720s. The author pointed out that the age of the deceased recorded in registers was so-called "declared age", as evidenced by the fact that in many cases the given age ends in 0. The recorded age was rounded to the nearest ten in 60% of cases. An analysis of the seasonality of deaths of the elderly revealed that they died mostly during winter and pre-harvest season.

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