Sentences with phrase «winter death rates»

Benefits could include greater global food production as Canada and Russia warm up, lower winter death rates, etc. 3.

A 2003 research paper examining winter death rates in 14 European countries concluded that, between 1988 and 1997, thousands died prematurely in other nations, as well.

Influenza alone can not explain the number of winter deaths in the UK, but it would be interesting to see whether it can explain them in those many northern European countries with much lower winter death rates.

«In this country we have a shocking excess winter death rate.

Milder winters since 1994 have reduced the winter death rate of beetle larvae in Wyoming from 80 percent per year to under 10 percent.

England's winter death rate this year is almost one - third higher than normal: nearly 29,000 deaths in a two - week period in January, largely because people can no longer afford to heat their homes properly, due to UK climate policies.

Not exact matches

Nicknamed K2 - after the second largest mountain in the world - that's never been climbed successfully in winter, with a 1 in 5 death rate for those who attempt to scale it.

Singer, founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, concludes that since global warming would raise maximum summer temperatures modestly while raising winter minimum temperatures significantly, it «should help reduce human death rates.»

The death rate for the most recent winter, October 2013 through April 2014, was better than the 30.5 percent loss reported for the winter of 2012 - 2013, but worse than the 21.9 percent in 2011 - 2012, the report said.

The study found no real effect of winter weather in recent years on adult survival, however cold and wet autumns were associated with a higher death rate.

An additional 2,000 deaths more than average were expected due to cold conditions between March 23 and 31, this winter's average death rates show.

Sweden has one of the lowest road death rates anywhere in the world, and in a climate that is colder with larger quantities of snow and ice during the winter.