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Increased Winter Mortality

Introduction

This section presents data on 'increased winter mortality' in Scotland. For the information presented here, increased winter mortality has been defined as the difference between the number of deaths in December–March and the average of the preceding (August–November) and following (April–July) non-winter periods.

• Increased Winter Mortality in Scotland, 2008/09
   
• Increased Winter Mortality in Scotland, 2007/08
  
  
• Increased Winter Mortality in Scotland, 2006/07

Previous publications on increased winter mortality were called "Excess Winter Mortality"

• Excess Winter Mortality in Scotland, 2005/06

An Occasional Paper was also published on 30 April 2002.

• The Raised Incidence of Winter Deaths

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