Health in Wales
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Causes of death
Welsh men were expected to live an average of 78.3 years and women 82.3 years in 2014 - about a year less than in England.[1]
West Wales and the valleys had the second-highest death rate from respiratory diseases of any region in Europe in 2015 at 152 per 100,000 population.[2]
The number of alcohol-related deaths in Wales was 504 in 2016 8.9% more than in the previous year. There were also 271 drug poisoning deaths, involving both legal and illegal drugs, compared with 238 in 2015.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Life expectancy increases in Wales". BBC. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Ballas, Dimitris; Dorling, Danny; Hennig, Benjamin (2017). The Human Atlas of Europe. Bristol: Policy Press. p. 72. ISBN 9781447313540.
- ^ "Alcohol-related deaths on the rise in Wales". Pharmaceutical Journal. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.