21.   A result was many deaths among Japanese hemophiliacs from AIDS.

22.   A review of death certificates conducted for the government points to higher numbers of deaths among elderly women who were patients of Shipman starting that year.

23.   A large-scale study in Scandinavian countries, published last November, found no increase in violent deaths among patients taking a lipid-lowering medication.

24.   Accidents have long been the leading cause of death among children.

25.   Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women.

26.   But concern has increased after reports that the agent that causes mad cow disease has jumped to cause death among a small number of people in Britain.

27.   But in a study published on Monday, researchers contend that some forms of religious anxiety may in fact increase the risk of death among people who are ill.

28.   But it is preventive efforts, such as anti-smoking campaigns, that have caused the decline of lung-cancer deaths among men.

29.   But that forecast, they warn, is based on a rapid, decisive solution to the crisis that ends with no deaths among the hostages.

30.   But the vaccine is effective in reducing influenza-related hospitalizations and deaths among older adults.