1. Many researchers now focus on poverty and poor education as explanations for ---- mortality.

2. Heart disease, stroke and lung cancer ---- constitute 35 per cent of all deaths in the US.

3. Controlled diet studies ---- that saturated fat increases cholesterol levels.

4. The Maastricht Treaty, which laid down the rules for euro membership, says that governments may not have budget ---- of more than 3% of their GDP.

5. The European Commission is opposed to any ---- change in current banking practices.