Posted: Oct 22, 2021 12:02 am
Here's a fact check on the 120,000 figure:
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck ... 000-people
The original study it's based upon is here:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e017722.full
There's also a more recent study that puts the number of excess deaths at around the 50,000 mark and takes into account a much longer period and many more factors.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... five-years
Original publication here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... for_201314
TL;DR - We can only ever estimate the number of deaths that austerity caused but it's certainly not a small number and you're better off citing a more solid 50,000 than a wildly extrapolated 120,000.
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck ... 000-people
The original study it's based upon is here:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e017722.full
There's also a more recent study that puts the number of excess deaths at around the 50,000 mark and takes into account a much longer period and many more factors.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... five-years
Original publication here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... for_201314
TL;DR - We can only ever estimate the number of deaths that austerity caused but it's certainly not a small number and you're better off citing a more solid 50,000 than a wildly extrapolated 120,000.