BACKGROUND High fractions of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in the breath of patients with
symptoms of asthma are correlated with high levels of eosinophils and indicate that a patient …

Background: COVID-19 is responsible for increasing deaths globally. As most people dying
with COVID-19 are older with underlying long-term conditions (LTCs), some speculate that …

Examining annual variation in the age–crime curve as a way to better understand the recent
crime drop, this paper explores how the age distribution of convicted offending changed for …

This paper tracks changes in relative centralisation and relative concentration of poverty for
the 25 largest British cities, analysing change for poor and non-poor groups separately, and …

Background The contribution of increasing numbers of deaths from suicide, alcohol-related
and drug-related causes to changes in overall mortality rates has been highlighted in …

Introduction or background: Life expectancy is an important summary measure of population
health. In the absence of a significant event like war or disease outbreak, trends should, and …

Objective Gains in life expectancy have faltered in several high-income countries in recent
years. Scotland has consistently had a lower life expectancy than many other high-income …

Background Mortality rates are higher in Scotland relative to England and Wales, even after
accounting for deprivation. This 'excess' mortality is partly due to higher mortality from …

Introduction Mortality rates in many high-income countries have changed from their long-
term trends since around 2011. This paper sets out a protocol for testing the extent to which …

Background Gains in life expectancies have stalled in Scotland, as in several other
countries, since around 2012. The relationship between stalling mortality improvements and …