29 November 2012 Last updated at 04:48 ET
Mild weather and low levels of flu contributed to an 8% fall in extra deaths last winter in England and Wales, according to official figures.
The Office for National Statistics data compares the number of deaths during the winter months with the average in other parts of the year.
There were 24,000 excess deaths in the winter of 2011-12, compared with 25,700 the year before.
The vast majority of excess deaths were in the over 75s.
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