Deaths in Scotland are on the rise - so what's the cause?
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RR Phantom
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Subject: Deaths in Scotland are on the rise - so what's the cause? Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:46 pm
ARE more people than usual dying in Scotland? The simple answer is: it depends what you are counting.
The question that is trickier to unravel is exactly why some causes are on the rise while others seem unexpectedly low.
Also puzzling is evidence that the increase in the death rate is more pronounced among young adults aged 20 to 24 than it is among elderly Scots in their 80s.
On Thursday, the National Records of Scotland published its monthly mortality analysis for March.
The latest publication means that we now have a full set of statistics covering the first quarter of 2023, albeit provisional.