Sentences with phrase «winter deaths»

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.

Some 25,000 unnecessary winter deaths occurred last year with the overwhelming majority of these being the elderly and the most vulnerable in society.

[Response: You are confusing winter deaths with deaths from cold itself.

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that despite the UK experiencing a relatively mild winter in 2011 - 12, there were still 24,000 excess winter deaths in England and Wales.

The Green Party says fuel poverty is causing a high number of winter deaths due to people living in the cold.

Over recent years, there has been some (though not enough) progress with regard to housing standards, insulation and fuel poverty and you would expect to see lower winter death rates as a result.

However, the same groups are also vulnerable to additional heat, and deaths attributable to heatwaves are expected to be approximately five times as great as winter deaths prevented.

Britain has just suffered its worst winter death toll in 42 years.

«Last year's cold winter saw the number of excess winter deaths jump by nearly a third, according to official data.

THE UK is being hit by its worst winter death toll in 42 years,... temperatures are set to dip again in April after the chilliest March in 21 years.

In the winter of 2012/13, there were 31,000 extra winter deaths in England and Wales, a rise of 29 % on the previous year.

«We continue to have one of the highest excess winter death rates in Europe, higher than many of our colder Scandinavian neighbours.

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

Not so in England and Wales: «An estimated 31,100 excess winter deaths occurred in England and Wales in 2012/13 — a 29 % increase compared with the previous winter» (Office for National Statistics).

The following headlines have appeared in the UK Telegraph recently: Winter death toll «to exceed 40,000» and Mortuaries overflowing as freezing weather causes rise in deaths.

The image hints at sadness, the loss of life, as a deciduous tree passes into its cycle of winter death.

Citizens Advice, the NICE committee on preventing excess winter deaths, and leading academics together with the Chair of the Government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group will explore each of these in turn, drawing upon the experience of those attending the conference.

There are some 23,000 excess winter deaths, as they are unattractively called, each year as a result of fuel poverty, and the situation is becoming ever more challenging.

Cold homes due to fuel poverty, especially in deprived communities, are one of the most critical causes of excess winter deaths.

Concerns have been raised about the current level of energy prices, with Help the Elderly saying it could prompt a spike in winter deaths.

Welsh Liberal Democrat Social Justice spokesperson, Peter Black AM, has called on Welsh Labour Government to do more to tackle fuel poverty after figures have shown that there were 640 more «excess winter deaths» last year compared to the previous year.

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

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.

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.

The majority of excess winter deaths are in people aged over 75 years... Not having central heating is strongly correlated to a greater risk of death... after a cold spell, it takes over a month for death levels to return to normal... [bold added]

-- My research of UK govt reports show excess winter deaths, which had declined for fifty years, end decline mid 1990s, began a marked increase after as cost of fuel increased.

-- Excess winter deaths in the tens of thousands attributed to energy poverty since 2000.

The report says that «global warming is more likely to improve rather than harm human health because rising temperatures lead to a greater reduction in winter deaths than the increase they cause in summer deaths.»

The number of excess winter deaths has fallen since, and insulation standards have improved, but Ireland still experiences more excess winter deaths than the most of Europe, according to the Institute of Public Health.

As a recent example of what happens when low cost energy becomes more expensive, here is what occurred in the UK last year during the winter: «Fuel bills blamed for 50 % rise in winter deaths `