these must be estimates

all the data about people who died in the last few days will not be collected yet. but yes, when there's a heatwave death levels rise, and it wouldnt take much of an increase in overall rates to come up with a few hundred extra deaths nationally

but i suspect many of these who get attributed to a heatwave may well have died anyway, just a couple of days later normally.

Posted By: matt in london on July 18th 2013 at 18:06:46

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i just read on the news that up to 760 people in england in the heatwave (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:27:03
- these must be estimates (General Chat) - matt in london, Jul 18, 18:06:46
- its hot here for englands standards, (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jul 18, 17:46:53
- 13 have drowned so far (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 18, 17:40:56
- it's from a report by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Jul 18, 17:35:12
- Been on nights in busy hospital all week anaesthetics/ITU/ A and E and seen (General Chat) - admckechnie, Jul 18, 17:29:46
  - hasn't even been that hot (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 18, 17:32:52
    - Fucknhasnall!! Anything over 19 is too feckin hot (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 18, 17:39:46
    - 30C is hot, tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 18, 17:34:28
      - It's not exactly die human die is it? I once treated a group of (General Chat) - admckechnie, Jul 18, 17:36:52
        
        so the 760 is probably an exaggeration then? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:39:34
        
        Well it all depends on ur definition of "direct" see I'm hot (General Chat) - admckechnie, Jul 18, 17:43:49
        
        Like roads says its a report by the LONDON school of hog and trp medicine (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:55:20
        
        Hyg not hog (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:58:29
        
        Roads is my new code name for royds (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:56:05
- there's loads more people than that in the heatwave. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 18, 17:28:22
  - is the heatwave just in london then? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:31:40
- *^have died as a direct result of it (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:27:51
  - You've died? (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Jul 18, 17:29:30
    - Should stick that on his headstone (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 18, 17:30:34
      - no, i haven't died i'm not in england and i've just discovered that everyone in london is (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 18, 17:33:28
        
        Hurrah! (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Jul 18, 17:35:25

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