Previous counts have suggested a much lower toll (although earlier work by the same researchers found a high death rate).

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The researchers think the high death rate from sepsis and shock may have its origin in the digestive system and that using enzyme-blocking drugs may help reduce the harmful effects.

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Annwen Jones, of Target Ovarian Cancer, said despite improvements, the UK still lagged behind other European countries in terms of cancer survival and that the remaining high death rate among older women with the disease was of particular concern.

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So while the NRA trains people in gun safety and publishes books about gun care, it avoids drawing a connection between the carelessness of law-abiding gun owners and America's still-high rate of needless gun death.

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The cardiovascular death rate, meanwhile, was more than twice as high among the men in the first month after diagnosis than it was among cancer-free men, although it was just 9 percent higher over the course of the whole year.

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Until the introduction of wet drilling, the death rate from silicosis in the Upper Weardale fluorspar miners was high.

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By contrast, high doses of antioxidants such as beta carotene or vitamin E slightly boosted the death rate in trials, a giant Danish study found last year.

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