Covid-19: Deprived areas have the highest death rates in England and Wales

Death rates higher in Wales.

12 A generation of malnourished North Korean children is at risk of sustaining lifelong physical impairment as disease and years of starvation take their toll, according to international relief workers in North Korea. The scale of the impending disaster was revealed in a study conducted by international aid agencies, which details the devastation wrought by more than five years of severe food s...

the system of criminal law in england and wales

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Civilian firearm injury and death in England and Wales.

INTRODUCTION There is currently concern in the UK that injuries and deaths caused by firearms are increasing. This is supported by small local studies but not by wider research to inform targeted prevention programmes. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed of firearm injuries from the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database (1998-2007), the largest national registry of seri...

Infant and perinatal mortality 2006: health areas, England and Wales.

Severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized elderly at admission, delay in hospitalization, and death from COVID-19

Background: Age is a strong risk factor for increasing the risk of severity and death from Covid-19. The risk of hospitalization for Covid-19 disease increases with age. Since the elderly constitute a large proportion of Covid-19 patients, the present study was performed to evaluate the severity of the disease in the hospitalized elderly due to Covid-19 and the delay in hospitalization and deat...