The data set consists of data on birth and mortality rates, as well as health personnel in Norway between 1887 and 1921. The data is drawn from comprehensive annual medical reports published by Direktøren for det civile Medicinalvæsen. They reports are based on submissions from local physicians and were published in the 19th and 20th century. The data are described in more detail in teh attached Documentation.pdf and the supporting publication Kotsadam, A., Lind, J.T. & Modalsli, J. "Call the midwife. Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887–1920." Cliometrica 16, 243–276 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11698-021-00230-9

Digitized tables from historical publications