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==Iowa Mortality Schedules== | {{HR Coverage Table|HR_article = [[Iowa Mortality Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records]] }} | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Iowa_Mortality_Schedules_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)#Collection_Content Iowa Mortality Schedules Collection]consists of an index and images of mortality schedules in Iowa from 1850–1880. Mortality schedules include individuals who died in the year preceding the federal census. Mortality schedules exist for the census year 1850, 1860, and 1880. Census enumerators requested information from the head of household about deaths that had occurred from June 1st to May 31st of the previous year. In 1918 to 1919, the Bureau of the Census distributed the original schedules to states or to the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution when states were not interested. | |||
== Iowa Mortality Schedules == | |||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Iowa_Mortality_Schedules_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)#Collection_Content Iowa Mortality Schedules Collection] consists of an index and images of mortality schedules in Iowa from 1850–1880. Mortality schedules include individuals who died in the year preceding the federal census. Mortality schedules exist for the census year 1850, 1860, and 1880. Census enumerators requested information from the head of household about deaths that had occurred from June 1st to May 31st of the previous year. In 1918 to 1919, the Bureau of the Census distributed the original schedules to states or to the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution when states were not interested. | |||
Mortality schedules list a small percentage of the total population. At the time of the 1870 census, it was surmised that as many as one-third of all deaths were not reported. For instance, when a family was scattered by the death of the head of household, there was no one left to report it. In 1880, a supplemental report from attending physicians added 60,000 additional names to the schedules. | Mortality schedules list a small percentage of the total population. At the time of the 1870 census, it was surmised that as many as one-third of all deaths were not reported. For instance, when a family was scattered by the death of the head of household, there was no one left to report it. In 1880, a supplemental report from attending physicians added 60,000 additional names to the schedules. | ||
In the absence of vital registration in many states, mortality schedules provided nationwide death statistics for one year of each decade, 1850–1880. According to the official statistical report for 1870, this was done to assess the death rate for age-groups, sex, race, nationality, and occupation and to “deduc[e] the effect of the various conditions of life upon the duration of life.” | In the absence of vital registration in many states, mortality schedules provided nationwide death statistics for one year of each decade, 1850–1880. According to the official statistical report for 1870, this was done to assess the death rate for age-groups, sex, race, nationality, and occupation and to “deduc[e] the effect of the various conditions of life upon the duration of life.” | ||
Census mortality schedules are usually accurate, but this accuracy depended on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. | Census mortality schedules are usually accurate, but this accuracy depended on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. | ||
==Iowa Mortality Schedules Coverage Table Description== | ==Iowa Mortality Schedules Coverage Table Description== | ||