Rise in mortality in England and Wales in first seven weeks of 2018
Within the first seven weeks of 2018, some 93 990 people died in England and Wales. Over the same weeks in the previous five years, an average of 83 615 people died. This rise of 12.4%, or 10 375 additional deaths, was not due to the ageing of the population. Ageing is a slow process and leads to sl...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2018
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