excess mortality
Even a 4 percent increase in pollution can translate into thousands of excess deaths each year.
Last summer, 2,000 "excess deaths" associated with the heatwave were recorded.
The excess deaths were not just in high-risk patients but in all patients.
Deprivation accounts for approximately 40% of the excess deaths.
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