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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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Figure 1 Age- and sex-standardised cause-specific mortality rates, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012).
Figure 1 Age- and sex-standardised cause-specific mortality rates, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012).
Figure 2 Age-specific mortality rates, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012).
Figure 2 Age-specific mortality rates, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012).
Figure 3 Cause-specific mortality rates for infants aged under 1 year, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 3 Cause-specific mortality rates for infants aged under 1 year, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 4 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 1–4 years, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 4 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 1–4 years, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 5 Cause-specific mortality rates for men aged 25–34, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 5 Cause-specific mortality rates for men aged 25–34, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 6 Cause-specific mortality rates for women aged 25–34, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 6 Cause-specific mortality rates for women aged 25–34, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 7 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 55 years and over, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.
Figure 7 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 55 years and over, Scotland, 1855–1949. Source: Davenport (Citation2012). Note: See Figure 1 for the detailed sequence of causes of death.

Table 1 Deaths aged 55 years and over by medical or lay certification and whether or not attributed to ‘old age’.

Figure 8 Percentage of deaths in Skye and Kilmarnock (combined) where more than one cause was offered. Source: Death registers of Skye and Kilmarnock (1861–1901).
Figure 8 Percentage of deaths in Skye and Kilmarnock (combined) where more than one cause was offered. Source: Death registers of Skye and Kilmarnock (1861–1901).
Figure 9 Number of deaths from ‘old age’ in Kilmarnock, 1862–1900, comparing the Registrar General's reports and death registers (five-year moving averages). Sources: Registrar General's detailed annual reports and death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1901).
Figure 9 Number of deaths from ‘old age’ in Kilmarnock, 1862–1900, comparing the Registrar General's reports and death registers (five-year moving averages). Sources: Registrar General's detailed annual reports and death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1901).
Figure 10 Deaths due to ‘old age’ amongst individual doctors in Kilmarnock, 1861–1901. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock. Note: Five-year moving averages are shown. The numbers in parentheses are the total numbers of deaths aged 55 and over certified by each doctor.
Figure 10 Deaths due to ‘old age’ amongst individual doctors in Kilmarnock, 1861–1901. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock. Note: Five-year moving averages are shown. The numbers in parentheses are the total numbers of deaths aged 55 and over certified by each doctor.
Figure 11 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 55 and over, Kilmarnock, 1861–1900. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1900).
Figure 11 Cause-specific mortality rates for those aged 55 and over, Kilmarnock, 1861–1900. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1900).
Figure 12 Distribution of causes of death amongst those aged 55 and over by decade for four doctors, Kilmarnock, 1861–1901. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1901).
Figure 12 Distribution of causes of death amongst those aged 55 and over by decade for four doctors, Kilmarnock, 1861–1901. Source: Death registers of Kilmarnock (1861–1901).

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