A Study On The Age Of Death In Northern Song Dynasty

The population age of death is a comprehensive index reflecting the historical development stage of social economic, political, and cultural development level, the historical population, age of death is restricted by social economy, political status and health development level etc.. The Northern Song Dynasty age mortality due to historical records is rich and a lot of unearthed epitaph records information, receives much concern, they made different studies in the sample on the basis of different.Based on previous studies, to the Northern Song Dynasty tomb inscriptions Research Center, a total of2183cases of population statistics analysis, to calculate the population, average death age is53.30years old, the peak time of death has two, respectively54-62and68-73years old, before the age of62, the population death rate from slow speed,62years old then the population death rate from fast to slow; the population life course is divided into five period, the initial period respectively, stable period, growth period, peak period and extinction period; because of the low age group the mortality rate is high, so the population average death age below this value53.30.In the death of population age sex, the male death peak in46-75years of age, female death peak21-30years,56-60years and66-80years old, the average age of death in women than men; women in two life stages of mortality is significantly higher than male, one is in the16-30age, two in the76-90age, short life in female were more than male and longevity.In the death of population age class, the class average death age arranged from high to low monk, reclusive, bureaucratic, civilians, the royal family, the average death age was67.63years,60.31years old,59.28years old,54.33years old,27.18years old, their living environment, economic status on its life to produce certain the effects of.The cause of death in the population can be divided into disease and non disease in two categories, died of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases with the highest proportion of large family, because death records show that the Northern Song Dynasty social esteem and the authority of the husband of filial piety of noble.Influencing factors in population age of death habits, personality, attitude towards life, religious belief, broad-minded, generous, appropriate religious belief is helpful to improve the average death age.Analysis of the statistics in the epitaph on the basis of the information of the Northern Song Dynasty, the death age were investigated comprehensively, through this research, not only can one more level to understand the social situation, the Northern Song Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty, the living conditions of the population, but also has some practical significance for today’s social life and related problems.