Distribution of Monthly Deaths, Solar & Geomagnetic Activity: Their Interrelationship in the Last Decade of the Second Millennium: the Lithuanian Study 1990-1999

In this study, the authors sought links between 1) circannual rhythmicity, solar activity (SA) – sunspot number, solar radioflux & geomagnetic activity (GMA) – Ap., Cp., Am. with monthly number of deaths, looking for environmental influence on mortality at the end of the second millennium. There was a stong inverse monthly deaths correlation between IHD & suicide. Stroke & suicide were also related, but to a much weaker extent. Findings are discussed in detail. (49 refs)