What is it about?

In 2012 deaths across the UK showed an unexpected increase. Several conditions (mainly Alzheimer's and dementia) showed a very high increase.

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Why is it important?

There is still no official explanation for this increase which was repeated in 2014 and again in 2016.

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Part of a series investigating periods of unexplained higher deaths in the UK and elsewhere in the world, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf

Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting

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This page is a summary of: Increased deaths in 2012: which conditions?, British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2014, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2014.20.1.45.
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