War-related excess mortality in The Netherlands, 1944–45: New estimates of famine- and non-famine-related deaths from national death records. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ekamper, Peter; Bijwaard, Govert; van Poppel, Frans; Lumey, L. H.
• Is Part Of: Historical methods. Volume 50:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 113
• Page End: 128
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Excess mortality -- famine -- estimation -- World War II -- The Netherlands; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Onderzoeksmethoden; Electronic journals; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 300.5
• DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2017.1285260
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-5440

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Despite there being several estimates for famine-related deaths in the west of The Netherlands during the last stage of World War II, no such information exists for war-related excess mortality among the civilian population from other areas of the country. Previously unavailable data files from Statistics Netherlands allow researchers to estimate the number of war-related excess deaths during the last stage of the war in the whole country. This study uses a seasonal-adjusted mortality model combined with a difference-in-difference approach to estimate the number of excess deaths in the period between January 1944 and July 1945 at a total of close to 91, 000 (75%) excess deaths. Almost half of all war-related excess mortality during the last year of the war occurred outside the west.