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).
COPD is a major leading cause of death in Australia. In 2013, 6,462 people were recorded as having died from COPD (3,572 males and 2,890 females) making it the fifth leading cause of death after coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, dementia and Alzheimer disease, and lung cancer.