象徴的な意味のある出来事まで死を延期する
1Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
JAMA
|April 11, 1990
まとめ
死亡率は,重要な文化的なイベントの前に減少し,その直後に増加します. 収穫月祭のまわりに中国人の集団で観察されたこのパターンは,死が一時的に延期される可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学とは
- デモグラフィー デモグラフィー 人口統計
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 死亡率のパターンは,文化的および社会的要因によって影響を受けることがあります.
- ハーベスト・ムーン・フェスティバルは,中国人コミュニティにとって重要な文化的なイベントです.
研究 の 目的:
- 象徴的な意味のある出来事と死亡率のパターンとの関係を調査する.
- 死亡率が収穫月祭の前に低下し,収穫月祭後にピークを示すかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 収穫月祭の頃に中国人の死亡率データ (n=1288) の分析.
- 文化的な効果を隔離するために,非中国人の対照群と比較.
- 線形および曲線形回帰および非パラメトリック試験を含む統計分析.
主要な成果:
- フェスティバルの前の週に死亡率 (35.1%) が著しく低下した.
- 死亡率の大幅なピーク (34.6%) は,祭りの翌週に発生しました.
- 脳血管疾患,心臓疾患,悪性腫瘍は,最も顕著なdip/peakパターンを示した.
- このパターンは,中国人以外の対照群では観察されなかった.
結論:
- この発見は,死が重要な出来事の後まで一時的に延期される可能性があることを示唆している.
- この現象は,死亡のタイミングに文化的意義が及ぼす影響を強調しています.
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