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The History of the Family Volume 20, 2015 - Issue 3: Special Section: The faces of death: Regional differentiation in cause-specific mortality in the past
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‘A confession of ignorance’: deaths from old age and deciphering cause-of-death statistics in Scotland, 1855–1949

Alice ReidCambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eilidh GarrettDepartment of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UKView further author information
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Chris DibbenResearch Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UKView further author information
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Lee WilliamsonResearch Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UKView further author information
Pages 320-344 | Received 11 Sep 2014, Accepted 18 Dec 2014, Published online: 05 Feb 2015

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