Registrar General Duncan Macniven said the drop in divorces was partly due to a recent change in the law.
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Mr Macniven said the rise in registered weddings in Scotland was due to the increase in so-called tourism marriages, where neither bride nor groom was a Scottish resident.
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Mr Macniven also said that coding of the causes of death was being updated to take account of changes to the World Health Organisation's international classification of diseases and related health problems.