和平时期的鼠疫流行与人口死亡 --以近代广东、福建为例

广东城市鼠疫流行最剧的年代所造成的人口死亡数比福建要大，然而仍然只有10％20％，其他年份人口死亡数很小。在乡村，无论是在时间分布上，还是在区域分布上，鼠疫都呈现出“此起彼伏，循环不绝”的流行特点。特大型工商业城市在鼠疫传播中的地位相当重要，这与欧洲有很大的不同。不同的社会结构和发展状况对于鼠疫流行模式和人口死亡所产生的影响十分明显，从这个角度来看，近代中国社会的变迁也是一个生态变迁的过程。

Plague and Death Tolls in Peace Time:An Example from Modern Guangdong and Fujian

Death tolls of the plague in cities of Guangdong province were greater than that in cities of Fujian province.The most serious death toll reached 10 20% of the total population.The plague made a periodic appearance both in time and in areas of the regions.Big cities played a leading role in spreading the plague,which was different from the situation in Europe in the Middle Ages.It is obvious that different social structure and condition affect the epidemics and death tolls in different ways,and the transition of modern China is also an ecological transformation