[LINK] Happy New Year

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
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> That's crazy! Why is this so in the UK? Is it
> really deaths due to winter cold, or just a count
> of the number of Britons who die in winter, for
> whatever reason? Get these people some heat, for goodness sake!

Happy New Year Jan. This explains it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom

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In April 2011 a YouGov survey indicated that the number of households
in fuel poverty had risen to 6.3 million households, representing
approximately 24% of all households in the UK.

Excess winter deaths

Excess winter deaths are defined by the Office for National Statistics
as the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter
months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the
preceding autumn (August to November) and the following summer (April
to July).

Although the phenomenon of excess winter deaths is not unique to the
United Kingdom, the incidence is markedly higher than for countries
with similar climates and living standards. England has an 18% rise in
deaths during the winter, on average, whereas Finland has a 10%
increase, Germany and the Netherlands have 11%.[5]
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Worrying indeed.

FC


FC

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