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Avoidable, preventable, if we can eliminate social deprivation, and that translates to 700 additional deaths per year that could be avoided. smoking in the household was identified as a factor in 226 child deaths studied. that is more than any other modifiable factor. exposure to passive smoke is linked to low birth weights and premature delivery and the impact of parental smoking can lead to other childhood illnesses that run throughout life. currently 9.5% of women in england are smoking when ...

Now, the countrys first—ever national database of child deaths has been created. our experts are trying to work out why so many children are dying and it is becoming clear that there is one word that cannot be ignored. that word is deprivation. this graph shows the poorer the background of a child, the more likely they are to die. the correlation is unmistakable and its costing huge numbers of young lives. 23% of deaths are potentially avoidable, preventable if we can eliminate social deprivat...