APPENDIX TABLES

Table A.1 Approximate population of selected European cities, 1300–1700 (thousands)

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Table A.2 Rough birth and death rates in selected European cities, 1551–1699

Births Deaths
City Years (per thousand inhabitants)
Antwerp 1696–99 30  
Bologna 1581 38  
  1587 38  
  1595 36  
  1600 35 18
  1605 46  
  1606 36 43
  1615   11
  1617 35  
  1619   46
  1620   49
Florence 1551 41  
  1559 36  
  1561 47  
  1562 42  
  1622 39  
  1630 45  
  1632 43  
  1633 44  
  1642 48  
  1657 48  
  1660 49  
  1661 48  
  1668 50  
London 1696–99 38 37
Louvain 1635–44 44  
Pavia 1640–49 46 30
  1650–59 40 41
  1690–99 52 44
Parma 1505–9 41  
  1545–49 45  
  1590–94 42  
  1650–54 42  
Venice 1581 34 33
  1624 31 35
  1642 37 30
  1696 31 32
Verona 1641–50   38
  1651–60   37
  1661–70   49
  1671–80   54
  1681–90   42
  1691–1700   43
Zürich 1631–50 37 36

Table A.3 Infant mortality rate (died in first year of life, per thousand christened) in Fiesole (Tuscany), 1621–99

Years Deaths Years Deaths
1621 141 1661 303
1622 238 1662 167
1623 119 1663 230
1624 258 1664 358
1625 177 1665 199
1626 278 1666 388
1627 216 1667 377
1628 148 1668 383
1629 186 1669 212
1630 164 1670 245
1631 140 1671 277
1632 228 1672 301
1633 224 1673 183
1634 243 1674 115
1635 213 1675 339
1636 257 1676 145
1637 319 1677 364
1638 193 1678 423
1639 315 1679 515
1640 322 1680 184
1641 205 1681 302
1642 192 1682 362
1643 287 1683 492
1644 224 1684 565
1645 369 1685 459
1646 234 1686 430
1647 118 1687 360
1648 363 1688 567
1649 514 1689 393
1650 296 1690 259
1651 223 1691 341
1652 236 1692 298
1653 222 1693 396
1654 355 1694 392
1655 273 1695 277
1656 411 1696 468
1657 310 1697 252
1658 496 1698 370
1659 736 1699 229
1660 162

Table A.4 Characteristics of a typical preindustrial population: Sweden, 1778–82

Phenomenon Value
Total population 2,104,000 inhabitants
Population under 15 years of age    31.9 percent
Population between 15 and 64 years    63.2 percent
Population 65 years and over      4.9 percent
Dependency ratio    58.3 percent
Crude birth rate    34.5 per thousand
Crude death rate    25.9 per thousand
Crude rate of natural increase      8.6 per thousand
Intrinsic birth rate (females)    31.2 per thousand
Intrinsic death rate (females)    25.3 per thousand
Intrinsic rate of natural increase (females)      5.9 per thousand
Infant mortality 211.6 per thousand
Age-specific death rates:  
     Age 1–4 (males)   45.9 per thousand
     Age 1–4 (females)   44.3 per thousand
     Age 50–54 (males)   20.8 per thousand
     Age 50–54 (females)   16.1 per thousand
Life table values:  
     Probability of dying in first year  
         Males     0.1974
         Females     0.1768
     Survivors to the age of 50 per 100 births:  
         Males   41
         Females   45
     Life expectancy at birth:  
         Males   36 years
         Females   39 years
     Life expectancy at 1 year:  
         Males   44 years
         Females   46 years
     Life expectancy at 50 years:  
         Males   19 years
         Females   20 years
Average age of women at procreation   32 years
General fertility rate 145.2 children per 1,000 women
Gross reproduction rate   2.2 female children per woman

Source: Keyfitz and Flieger, Population, pp. 100–03.