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Temperature and cardiovascular mortality

Deaths and hospital admissions for coronary heart disease and stroke are higher in winter than in summer in many temperate countries.² In some winters mortality has been as much as 70% higher than in the summers. The size of the winter excess is related to the difference in environmental temperature. Excess winter cardiovascular mortality has fallen in recent years, but it remains numerically far more important than other causes of winter deaths such as respiratory infections or hypothermia.³ Seasonal fluctuations in cardiovascular events are greater in Britain than in some other countries with wider temperature . . . [Full text of this article]

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