We've all heard plenty of jokes about the Scottish weather - but most of them aren't true! Scotland's climate is actually quite moderate and very changeable, although on occasion we get really hot or really cold weather. As the old Scottish saying goes, 'there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes!'.
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012 (1). The most common causes of cancer death are cancers of: 1  lung (1.59 million deaths). 2  liver (745 000 deaths).
Leading causes of death vary greatly by age. While cancer and heart disease were prominent causes of death among women of all ages, unintentional injury was the leading cause of death among women aged 18â44 years and the third leading cause for those aged 45â64 years, compared to the ninth leading cause for women aged 65 and older.