Fig. 4

Excess Christmas Mortality. The adjusted, annual number of deaths (error bars show 95% CI) occurring during the 3-day period 25th–27th December are plotted against the reference period (deaths occurring during 25th–27th day of every other calendar month) for - all-cause mortality (blue symbols) and those related to cancer (orange), CVD (red), respiratory disease (green) and other causes (brown). The total difference in deaths (with 95% CI) for all-causes and specific causes over the entire 35-years are also shown above each symbol