Natalitate și mortalitate în comunitatea ortodoxă din Susenii Bîrgăului între anii 1901-1930
Birth and mortality in the Orthodox community in Susenii Bîrgăului between the years 1901-1930

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the behavioral indicators and the functioning of the demographic dynamics in the village of Susenii Bîrgăului in terms of marriage and mortality for the duration of three decades: 1901-1930. The research is based on the analysis of the confessional registers of the Orthodox Church corroborated with the data of the official censuses. The birth rate analysis is not much different from the values of the old demographic regime, and after the sudden decrease in the war years, the birth rate progressively increased until 1930 and was less marked by infant mortality. The rate of illegitimate births, which, according to the records, was very high at the beginning of the 20th century, reached surprisingly small values during the war compared to other regions, and then returned to the figures recorded before the war. The procreation calendar was relatively linear and the individuals do not seem to have been particularly marked by the pressure of religiosity (Christian fasts), being rather influenced by the pace of field work. The natural increase is positive throughout the researched period. The mortality rate impresses unpleasantly with the high values recorded in the age categories 0-1 years and 1-14 years, values that tended to decrease towards the end of the third decade. The Great War brought another perspective on death in the community considering the age of those who died or disappeared, a fact that had major implications given the small size of the community.

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