Scots death rates 'vary widely'
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Death rates in Scotland are falling faster in more affluent areas than in poorer places, a study says.
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The rate of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland is about double the level of the UK as a whole, figures suggest.
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The death of three Black Watch soldiers in Iraq will have caused &quot;shock and grief across Scotland,&quot; according to the Scottish National Party leader.
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The majority of deaths of newborn babies in Scotland could not have been avoided, a study finds.
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THE rate of individual bankruptcies is growing rapidly in Scotland, but is still well behind the two UK hotspots of Northern Ireland and London, according to new research.
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Property prices in Scotland are still looking healthy, despite the steepest fall in nine years across the rest of the UK. The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that while
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NEW YORK  - People living along the southern Atlantic coast of the US, as well as those residing along the Mississippi River, die at a faster rate than the national average, while death rates are below the norm in the upper Great Plains, a new study shows.
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The number of home owners is rising faster in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK, a study finds.
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A third of Scots are more likely to act on losing a bank card than if they had a possible stroke, data show.
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The most dangerous roads in Scotland are revealed in a new survey of fatal crashes and accidents.
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Smoking is killing nearly a million people a year in India, exacting a higher toll than previously thought, but allied problems are often different to those seen in the West, according to research published on Thursday.
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Two rare species of wild bird are doing well in Scotland despite falling numbers in the rest of Europe.
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A million people in Scotland are drinking alcohol at levels which could damage their health, campaigners claim.
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Smoking not only damages health, it is  bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning  nearly 60 years.
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Help the Aged says the number of winter deaths in Scotland last year exceeded those on the country's roads.
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An expert panel will advise the Scottish government on safety following a rise in deaths on Scotland's roads.
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Heart disease is Britain' biggest single killer disease but more people are more worried about developing Alzheimer's or cancer, according to a survey released on Friday.