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50% Rise in UK Winter Deaths
The number of deaths during the coldest three months of the year were up almost 50 per cent on the previous year to 36,700, sending an extra 10,000 pensioners to early graves, new figures showed yesterday.
The rise in “excess winter mortality” for England and Wales for the three months to February was the biggest for years and the highest total in a decade, sparking fresh calls for ministers to combat high energy prices.
The Independent: ‘Fuel bills blamed for 50% rise in winter deaths‘
Puts the repeated ad nauseum 2000 UK excess deaths in the 2003 summer heatwave in proper perspective, doesn’t it!?