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Living in a home that is too cold kills more people in England and Wales than road accidents, alcohol or drug abuse, new analysis has found.
The number of “cold homes” deaths in 2013 has been estimated at 7,400; nearly five times higher than deaths from road and road accidents (1,574), and more than carbon monoxide, fire and assault deaths combined.
It was also slightly more than the number who died from alcohol abuse (7,059).
Cold homes have killed 46,700 people in the UK last five years, the research from the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) revealed using official data.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/24/cold-homes-heating-deaths_n_6933130.html
The number of “cold homes” deaths in 2013 has been estimated at 7,400; nearly five times higher than deaths from road and road accidents (1,574), and more than carbon monoxide, fire and assault deaths combined.
It was also slightly more than the number who died from alcohol abuse (7,059).
Cold homes have killed 46,700 people in the UK last five years, the research from the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) revealed using official data.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/24/cold-homes-heating-deaths_n_6933130.html