NEA and E3G Report: Cold Homes and Excess Winter Deaths - A Preventable Public Epidemic That Can No Longer Be Tolerated

[ALEO Admin]

On Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, 13 February 2018, NEA and E3G jointly published a new report titled Cold Homes and Excess Winter Deaths - A Preventable Public Epidemic That Can No Longer Be Tolerated.

The report reveals that the UK has the sixth-worst long-term rate of excess winter mortality out of 30 European countries, with an average of 9,700 deaths - out of the UK average of 32,000 excess winter deaths per year - attributed to cold homes. This is the same as the number of people who die from breast or prostate cancer each year.

The report also says that, when taking into account cold weather beyond just the winter months, the UK ranks second-worst out of 30 European countries. The fact that UK homes are amongst the least energy efficient in Europe confirms that these deaths are preventable.

The report is available to download from
http://www.nea.org.uk/media/news/uk-six ... hs-europe/