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Understanding the toll of premature death among men in eastern Europe

BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7320.1051 (Published 03 November 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:1051

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Graph was mislabelled

Dr Kurutz is, of course, correct in assuming that the Y axis in
figure 1 has been mislabelled. Having just checked the original file, I
can confirm that the graph sent to the BMJ began at 60 and went to 80, not
0 to 80 as it appeared in the final version. Unfortunately we only saw the
text, not the graphs at the proof stage. In posting this, perhaps the BMJ
could make the necessary erratum.

Martin McKee

Competing interests: No competing interests

05 November 2001
Martin McKee
Professor of European Public Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine