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).
It is estimated that of the roughly 150,000 people who die each day across the globe, about two thirdsâ100,000 per dayâdie of age-related causes. In industrialized nations the proportion is much higher, reaching 90%.Thus, albeit indirectly, biological aging (senescence) is by far the leading cause of death.eading causes of preventable death worldwide as of the year 2001, according to researchers working with the Disease Control Priorities Network (DCPN) and the World Health Organization (WHO).