Sentences with phrase «child deaths reported»

In the first six months of 2015, there have been more than 240 child deaths reported in the state of Florida alone.

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«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

An additional 22 pediatric deaths were reported to the CDC in the past week, bringing the total to 84 children who have died from the virus so far this season.

There were 16 additional pediatric deaths reported in the weekly report, bringing the total number of child flu deaths this year up to 53.

In the cost - effectiveness analysis (GiveWell estimate of Living Goods cost effectiveness (November 2014)-RRB-, in all Sheets except for «U5MR (Jake's assumptions),» we use 5q0, or the probability of a child dying before his or her 5th birthday expressed in deaths per 1,000 live births assuming constant mortality rates throughout childhood, instead of the under - 5 mortality rate (under 5 deaths per person per year), because the original report on the RCT we received from Living Goods reported outcomes in terms of 5q0.

«Unless action is taken to control outdoor air pollution, studies show that outdoor air pollution will become the leading cause of environment - related child death by 2050,» the report says.

The World Health Organization has previously reported that 10 percent of deaths of children under 5 are somehow linked to air pollution.

Twenty - three other alcoholics reported broken homes — divorce, «emotional divorce» (i.e., constant strife), or the death of a parent when the child was under eighteen.

The review also disclosed that Regis, who came to Britain from the Caribbean as a child in 2003, was reported to the Home Office as working illegally two months before her son's death, but «no action was taken» after letters were wrongly filed.

The National Institute of Child Health & Human Development reports that using a hard mattress, as opposed to a soft mattress, is one of the key factors in helping prevent SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

According to a report from the CPSC, between 2000 and 2010 there were 245 reports of furniture tip - over deaths in children ages 8 an under, with the majority of them being under 5.

For example, in the above article, only one case of death has been reported — however, it is not reported why the accident happened (were the nursery staff not made aware that the child was wearing a neckless / it should have been taken off prior to bedtime; did the nursery staff not check the sleeping children frequently (contrary to what hollywood would make you believe, it takes about 3 minutes to suffocate to death); did the parent negligently buy a necklace that was too long; etc.) so we should not jump to generalisations that all necklaces are unsafe — necklaces are only unsafe in certain circumstances.

UNICEF's From the First Hour of Life report points out that «If appropriate complementary feeding practices were scaled up to nearly universal levels, approximately 100,000 deaths in children under five could be averted each year.»

A report from the World Health Organisation on the progress in implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes suggests «breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000 deaths among children under five each year.»

report points out that «If appropriate complementary feeding practices were scaled up to nearly universal levels, approximately 100,000 deaths in children under five could be averted each year.»

From birth to age 4, suffocation is the leading cause of death in children, according to Injury Facts 2017, an annual statistical report produced by the National Safety Council.

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Additionally, between 2000 and 2013, 84 percent of the 430 deaths reported to CPSC involved children younger than 10.

Since the regulation, there have been remarkable declines in reported deaths of children from ingesting toxic household products.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Suboptimal breastfeeding accounts for one million infant deaths annually, and 10 percent of the disease burden in children, reported the UK publication, Archives of Disease in Childhood, in 2012.

The March 1997 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine described one young person's horror on learning that «she» had been born a normal male, but that a circumciser had burned his penis off when he was a baby.60 Many other similar cases have been documented.61, 62 Infant circumcision has a reported death rate of one in 500,000.63, 64 · Circumcision harms mothers: Scientific studies have consistently shown that circumcision disrupts a child's behavioral development.

While I was unable to find any statistics on choking on school grounds per se, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported last year that «[c] hoking on food causes the death of approximately 1 child every 5 days in the United States,» and some of the characteristics of the typical school cafeteria eating experience were identified in the report as enhancing the risk of choking:

Media reports indicated that the lunchroom workers on duty at the time were completely unprepared for a choking emergency and that the child's death could have been prevented with proper staff vigilance and training.

In May 1999, the Consumer Product Safety Commission [CPSC] released a warning against cosleeping or putting babies to sleep on adult beds that was based on a study of death reports of children under the age of two who had died from 1980 to 1997.

Number of pages: 195 Publication date: 2010 Languages: English ISBN: 9789241599573 Download the report [pdf 2.91 MB] Overview Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95 % of these deaths occur.

Already, there is so much that parents fear — news reports are a near - constant feed drip of horribleness happening to children — but the one thing new moms and dads fear most when their baby is sleeping is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS.

According to a report by the Child Fatality & Near Fatality Review Board, 93 percent of infant deaths associated with Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome were directly related to a child's sleep and sleep environChild Fatality & Near Fatality Review Board, 93 percent of infant deaths associated with Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome were directly related to a child's sleep and sleep environchild's sleep and sleep environment.

We report on studies where deaths from diarrhoea of children in communities where vitamin A deficiency is a problem decreased significantly after supplementation with vitamin A.

Questions - Ensuring media plurality in the UK, abolition of the death penalty in China and in other countries, diagnostic testing for children with dyslexia Legislation - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - Report stage Debate - Rebalancing the responsibilities of motorists and cyclists on the roads

«Legislating is about problem solving, and I believe it is a significant problem that New York State has no mandatory reporting law for parents, legal guardians, caretakers or other responsible adults to not notify law enforcement of the death of their child, accidental or otherwise, within atimely manner of the death being discovered.»

De Blasio's first year in office was marred by the deaths of 58 kids whose families were known to child - welfare officials — and he should lead an «all - out» effort to prevent future tragedies, a new report says.

At a lunch he hosted last year for Republican legislators, he described the pain he felt reading the reports produced following the investigations of the children's deaths.

Some are cited in Public Advocate Letitia James» new report detailing how ACS neglect and mismanagement factored in the deaths of eight children in a 13 - month period.

However, Elisa was later returned to Lopez following the death of Elisa's father in 1994, despite reports to the city's child welfare agency that Elisa was being physically, emotionally and sexually abused by Lopez on her weekend visits, according to reports.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo is calling for the resignation of Erie County's Department of Social Services Commissioner Carol Dankert - Maurer following reports that Child Protective Services, the department which she oversees, was investigating the case involving the 8 - year - old North Buffalo boy whose mother is charged with his death.

There have been reports of cases of malnourished children and deaths at the IDP camps in the state.

He also made personal trips to verify and document the details, including reports of children with birthmarks corresponding to wounds the «previous personality» received and phobias related to the cause of death.

According to a 2008 UNICEF report, the Alliance's financial and programmatic support to vaccinate children around the world has helped prevent 2.9 million deaths since 2000 and decreased child mortality to less than 10 million per year for the first time ever.

When asked to attribute a cause of subdural hematoma, severe retinal hemorrhage, coma or death in a child less than 3 years of age, more than 80 percent of physicians responded that shaking with or without impact was likely or highly likely to produce subdural hematoma, 90 percent reported that it was likely or highly likely to lead to severe retinal hemorrhage, and 78 percent felt that it was likely or highly likely to result in a coma or death.

The extensive handling of these crucial cells is a concern, and there are mixed reports on the long - term health of these hard - won children, with several studies suggesting increased risks of low birth weight, rare disorders down the line, and even death.

A report released last week by Oxfam and Save the Children argued that the international relief effort was far too slow to get going, leading to thousands of avoidable deaths.

In follow - up interviews conducted two months later 67 percent of the volunteers rated the psilocybin experience as among the most meaningful of their lives, comparing it to the birth of a first child or the death of a parent, and 79 percent reported that it had moderately or greatly increased their overall sense of well - being or life satisfaction.

The report from investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Newton - Wellesley Hospital (NWH), which has been published online in the Journal of Pediatrics, identifies several potentially modifiable factors that may contribute to the persistent risk of sudden, unexplained death during the first days and weeks of life.

Although infection rates dropped dramatically with the vaccine, pertussis has recently returned with dangerous fervor: 2012 was the country's worst year for pertussis since 1959, with more than 38,000 cases reported nationally, 16 deaths of infants and children, and large spikes in every state except California.

Known as community - associated MRSA, or CA - MRSA, these skin infections have been reported in athletes, daycare - age children, students, military personnel and prison inmates, among others, and can lead to hospitalization, surgical procedures, bacteria in the blood, and in severe cases, death.

The participants self - reported psychosocial stressors including child abuse, parental divorce, death of a parent, or having a parent suffering from depression or anxiety disorder.

A new report finds some progress in combatting pneumonia and diarrhea among young children in the nations most severely impacted by the two diseases, but they remain responsible for hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths around the world.

In 1884, the British Medical Journal reported that the influential psychiatrist James Crichton - Browne had testified to the UK parliament: «I have encountered many lamentable instances of derangement of health, diseases of the brain, and even death resulting from enforced evening study in the case of young children, with the nervous excitement and loss of sleep which it so often induces.»

In the report, IVAC identifies the 15 countries with the greatest number of deaths from pneumonia and diarrhea among children under the age of five in a given year.