american college of pediatrics also came out that the children being born to mothers who were vaccinated were coming with no problems so far. they were being born with no problems. but children being born to unvaccinated mothers were starting to have lower birth weights and other issues. so all indications are, and i indicate to my patients, friends, family, relatives, if you re pregnant, please go ahead and get vaccinated. doctor, thank you very much for joining us. thanks so much for all of the work you re doing. thank you, robin. it is day eight of the tokyo olympics. competitions are ongoing but the woman who is arguably the world s greatest gymnast is taking a pause. simone biles has withdrawn from two more event, the vault and the uneven bars, those finals will be held on sunday.
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 they give birth. far more than the 6% target. pre pandemic analysis shows that while 62 councils saw a fall in the numbers smoking when a baby was born compared to four years earlier, 73 saw little change and 16 saw an increase in the rate of smoking. new figures covering the pandemic suggest fewer women smoking at birth but how reliable these data are and whether they are anything
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 they give birth. far more than the 6% target. pre pandemic analysis shows that while 62 councils saw a fall in the number smoking when a baby was born compared to four years earlier, 73 saw little change and 16 saw an increase in the rate of smoking.
now, the country s 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 it s costing huge numbers of young lives. 23% of deaths are potentially 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 s 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