Winter Death Toll Falls Despite Bitter Cold, but 163 Still Lose Lives Every Day

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SCOTLAND has just recorded one of its lowest winter death tolls of the past two decades - despite last year's record-breaking cold weather.

New government figures show there were 19,688 deaths between December and March in 2009-10, the second lowest number of deaths registered in 20 winters going back to 1990-91, and equivalent to 163 a day.

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Winter Death Toll Falls Despite Bitter Cold, but 163 Still Lose Lives Every Day

The fall in deaths came despite bitterly cold weather which caused widespread disruption throughout Scotland, along with the swine flu epidemic that hi...

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