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Visualising and quantifying ‘excess deaths’ in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK and the rest of Western Europe

BACKGROUND: Scotland has higher mortality rates than the rest of Western Europe (rWE), with more cardiovascular disease and cancer among older adults; and alcohol-related and drug-related deaths, suicide and violence among younger adults. METHODS: We obtained sex, age-specific and year-specific all-...

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Autores principales: Minton, Jon, Shaw, Richard, Green, Mark A, Vanderbloemen, Laura, Popham, Frank, McCartney, Gerry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28062643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207379