Alfred Haviland's nineteenth-century map analysis of the geographical distribution of diseases in England and Wales

The nineteenth-century English physician Alfred Haviland used the national mortality statistics for England and Wales to develop an elaborate geographical explanation based on map analysis for the cause of heart, cancer, and tuberculosis deaths. He found that females had higher rates for all three causes of death. However, although his technique was innovative his analysis was flawed.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Barrett, Frank A.
Published in:	Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 46.1998, 6, p. 767-781
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	maps mortality rates nineteenth century England Wales

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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