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Excess winter deaths
Name(s):
EWD
Incidence
Over the winter 1999/2000 in the United Kingdom, 49,000 people, mainly elderly people, died in what is considered excess winter deaths. This number is estimated to rise to 55,000 in the winter 2000/2001.
Broader
Excess
Sudden death
Inadequate income in old age
Inadequate protection from cold weather
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems