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Heart-Related Deaths Spike At Christmas

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In the Western world like the Europe and the United States of the Christmas is always falls within the winter season. Therefore, the older sectors of the population and as well as the younger generation and especially the new born are at more risk in the Western countries and in the United States to loss their life and despite of an advancement in technologies and living standard. Hence, in winter season in this time of the year many people die due to a heart related issue. This essay will discuss the article of “Heart-related deaths spike at Christmas” which is written by (American Heart Association, 2016) and to understand why the death rate rises in this time of the year and what are the main possible causes of such death in the developed country like the United States. …show more content…

fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. This research has analysed trends in death in New Zealand and where in Christmas falls during the summer season. Therefore, they have found that the death rate was much lower in Christmas compared to the United States, in where Christmas falls during the winter season. This shows that within the last 25 years, (1988 – 2013) there were a total of “738,409 deaths (197,109 were noted as cardiac deaths).” (American Heart Association, 2016) The average age of cardiac death was “76.2 years during the Christmas period, compared with 77.1 years during other times of the year.” Therefore, this clearly shows that there could be many reasons which may help us to understand why the death rate is significantly higher in the winter during Christmas and it is lower in many other seasons of the year in the United States and in New

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