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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sharp-drop-in-cold-weather-deaths.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Cold weather deaths in UK fell dramatically last winter" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-sharp-drop-in-cold-weather-deaths.jpg" alt="Cold weather deaths in UK fell dramatically last winter"/></a></p>
<p>The number of deaths linked to cold weather fell dramatically last winter, despite Britain experiencing one of the biggest freezes for decades, according to official statistics released.</p>
<p>The Office for National Statistics found there were 25,400 &#8220;excess winter deaths&#8221; in England and Wales between December 2009 and March 2010 &#8211; 30% down on the previous winter when the weather was milder.</p>
<p>The figures were released as weather forecasters predicted bitterly cold weather and possible heavy snowfall later this week.</p>
<p>The Office for National Statistics said that the relatively low number of excess deaths &#8211; calculated by comparing winter mortality rates with levels during warmer months &#8211; in 2009-10 may be due to low levels of flu.</p>
<p>But campaigners from the National Pensioners Convention said that the figures still suggested that nine elderly people died every hour last winter.</p>
<p>The ONS said that over-75s made up the bulk of the 10,600 male and 14,800 female excess deaths.</p>
<p>NPC general secretary Dot Gibson urged the Government to guarantee the winter fuel payment will remain at its current level of up to £400.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since 1997, we have lost over 300,000 pensioners during the winter months because of cold-related illnesses, yet the Government seems incapable of acting,&#8221; said Ms Gibson.</p>
<p>ONS researcher Vanessa Fearn said: &#8220;Although the winter of 2009-10 was the coldest one since 1995-96, excess winter mortality fell by almost a third.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is maybe because levels of influenza were low for most of the winter season. The highest excess winter mortality in recent years was in 1999-2000 when influenza reached epidemic levels in a relatively mild winter.&#8221;</p>
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