Mortality from the 1944–1945 famine in Java, Indonesia

This article examines the human toll of the 1944–1945 famine in Java, Indonesia's main island. It estimates birth and death rates for the Indonesian population in Java during 1941–1951. Using the net population loss method, the article approximates a net loss of 3.3 million people during the 19...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific economic history review Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 192 - 212
Main Author: Eng, Pierre
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.07.2024
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:
Births
Childbearing
Childbirth & labor
Deaths
Famine
Forced labor
Husbands
Indonesia
Java
Malnutrition
Married couples
Mortality
Mortality rates
Population
Wives
Women
World War II
Indonesia
ISSN:2832-157X, 2832-157X
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Summary:This article examines the human toll of the 1944–1945 famine in Java, Indonesia's main island. It estimates birth and death rates for the Indonesian population in Java during 1941–1951. Using the net population loss method, the article approximates a net loss of 3.3 million people during the 1942–1945 Japanese occupation period. This includes 1.8 million excess deaths; 0.7 million during 1944 and 1.1 million during 1945. The remainder are 1.4 million missing births in 1944 and 1945, associated with the malnutrition of women of childbearing ages and physical separation of wives from husbands recruited by Japanese authorities for forced labour.
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ISSN:2832-157X
2832-157X
DOI:10.1111/aehr.12287