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Introduction

1
. Gilbert, M., Busund, R., Skagseth, A., Nilsen, P.Å., Solbø, J.P. ‘Resuscitation from accidental hypothermia of 13•7°C with circulatory arrest’.
The Lancet
. 2000 Jan;355(9201):375–6.

2
. Gawande A.
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
(London: Profile Books, 2008).

3
. Office for National Statistics. Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales (Series DR). Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/mortality-statistics--deaths-registered-in-england-and-wales--series-dr-/2010/index.html
.

Chapter 1: The beginning

1
. NASA. Asteroid 2008 TC3 Strikes Earth: Predictions and Observations Agree. Available from:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2008tc3.html
.

2
. NHS Maternity Statistics – England, 2011–2012. Table 30: Median Birth Weight (Grams) of Live Born Singleton and Multiple Deliveries.
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB09202
.

3
. Howard, R.A. ‘Microrisks for Medical Decision Analysis’.
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
. 1989;5(03):357–70.

4
. Office for National Statistics. Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales (Series DR). Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/mortality-statistics--deaths-registered-in-england-and-wales--series-dr-/2010/index.html
.

5
. Royal College of Anaesthetists. Death or Brain Damage. 2009. Available from:
http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/document-store/death-or-brain-damage
.

6
. Bird, S., Fairweather, C. Recent Military Fatalities in Afghanistan (and Iraq) by Cause and Nationality. 2010. Available from:
http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/Publications/PDFs/PERIOD_9_10_fatalities_in_Afghanistan_and_Iraq.pdf
.

7
. Department for Transport GMH. Transport Analysis Guidance – WebTAG. 2009. Available from:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/webtag/documents/expert/unit3.4.1.php
.

Chapter 2: Infancy

1
. Didion, J.
Blue Nights
(New York: Knopf Doubleday, 2011).

2
. Office for National Statistics. UK Interim Life Tables, 1980–82 to 2008–10. 2011. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lifetables/interim-life-tables/2008-2010/index.html
.

3
. Schellekens, J. ‘Economic Change and Infant Mortality in England, 1580–1837’.
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
. 2001;32(1):1–13.

4
. Office for National Statistics. Child Mortality Statistics: Childhood, Infant and Perinatal. 2012. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/child-mortality-statistics--childhood--infant-and-perinatal/2010/index.html
.

5
. Ibid.

6
. National Perinatal Mortality Unit. The Birthplace Cohort Study: Key Findings. 2012. Available from:
https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/birthplace/results
.

7
. Office for National Statistics. Unexplained Deaths in Infancy: England and Wales, 2009. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/child-health/unexplained-deaths-in-infancy--england-and-wales/2009/new-component.html
.

8
. UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. Child Mortality Estimates. 2012. Available from:
http://www.childmortality.org/
.

9
. UNICEF. Childinfo.org: Statistics by Area – Child Mortality – Infant Mortality [Internet]. 2012. Available from:
http://www.childinfo.org/mortality_imrcountrydata.php
.

10
. See note 4 above.

11
. United Nations Development Programme. MDG MONITOR :: Goal :: Reduce Child Mortality. Available from:
http://www.mdgmonitor.org/goal4.cfm
.

12
. Rudski, J.M., Osei, W., Jacobson, A.R., Lynch, C.R. ‘Would You Rather Be Injured by Lightning or a Downed Power Line? Preference for Natural Hazards.’
Judgment and Decision Making
. 2011;6(4):314–22.

Chapter 3: Violence

1
. Best, J.
Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern about Child-Victims
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993).

2
. Home Office. Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2010/11: Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales. 2012. Available from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homicides-firearm-offences-and-intimate-violence-2010-to-2011-supplementary-volume-2-to-crime-in-england-and-wales-2010-to-2011
.

3
. BBC News. Child killing rate ‘drops by 40%’ in England and Wales. 2010. Available from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8497277.stm
.

4
. Rooney, C., Devis, T. Recent Trends in Deaths from Homicide in England and Wales: Health Statistics Quarterly Autumn 2009. 1999. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hsq/health-statistics-quarterly/no--3--autumn-1999/index.html
#; NSPCC; Child Killings in England and Wales: Explaining the Statistics. 2012. Available from:
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/briefings/child_killings_in_england_and_wales_wda67213.html#Homicide_statistics
.

5
. Newiss, G. Child Abduction: Understanding Police Recorded Crime Statistics. 2008. Available from:
http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=62767
.

6
. CEOP. Scoping Report on Missing and Abducted Children. 2011. Available from:
http://ceop.police.uk/Documents/ceopdocs/Missing_scopingreport_2011.pdf
.

7
. Ministry of Justice. MAPPA Reports. 2012. Available from:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/mappa-reports
.

8
. Cohen, S.
Folk Devils and Moral Panics
, 30th anniversary edn (London: Routledge, 2002).

Chapter 4: Nothing

1
.
Daily Express.
Daily Fry-Up Boosts Cancer Risk by 20 Per Cent. Available from:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/295296/Daily-fry-up-boosts-cancer-risk-by-20-per-cent
.

2
.
Daily Telegraph
. Nine in 10 People Carry Gene Which Increases Chance of High Blood Pressure. Available from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4630664/Nine-in-10-people-carry-gene-which-increases-chance-of-high-blood-pressure.html
.

3
. Woolf, V.
The Common Reader
, 1st ser., annotated edn (Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002).

4
. Kahneman, D.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011).

5
. Harrabin, R., Coote, A., Allen, J.
Health in the News: Risk, Reporting and Media Influence
(London: King’s Fund, 2003).

Chapter 5: Accidents

1
. Office for National Statistics. Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales (Series DR). 2011. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/mortality-statistics--deaths-registered-in-england-and-wales--series-dr-/2010/index.html
.

2
.
Daily Telegraph
. Girl Cannot Walk To Bus Stop Alone. 2010. Available from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8001444/Girl-cannot-walk-tobus-stop-alone.html
.

3
. Department for Transport. Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: Main Results 2010. 2011. Available from:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releases/reported-road-casualties-gb-main-results-2010
.

4
. Savage, L.J. ‘The Theory of Statistical Decision’.
Journal of the American Statistical Association
. 1951 Mar 1;46(253):55–67.

5
. Office for National Statistics. Avoidable Mortality in England and Wales. 2012. Available from:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health4/avoidable-mortality-in-england-and-wales/2010/index.html
.

6
. Central Statistical Office.
Annual Statistical Abstract 1951
.

7
. Moran, J. ‘Crossing the Road in Britain, 1931–1976’.
The Historical Journal
. 2006;49(02):477–96.

8
. See note 3 above.

9
. See note 1 above.

10
.
The Guardian
. Ikea Recalls Over 3 Million Window Blinds, Shades. 2010. Available from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9121407
.

11
. Gill, T.
No Fear
(London: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2007). Available from:
http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk/publications/publications/42-NO-FEAR.html
.

12
. Health and Safety Executive. Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a Balanced Response. 2012. Available from:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012.pdf
.

13
. Countryside Alliance. Outdoor Education – the Countryside as a Classroom. Available from:
http://www.countryside-alliance.org/ca/campaigns-education/give-children-the-opportunity-to-learn-outside-of-the-classroom
.

14
. Health and Safety Executive. HSE – School Trips – Glenridding Beck – 10 Vital Questions. 2005. Available from:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/services/education/school-trips.htm#statistics
.

15
. Rainey, S. ‘Kellogg’s Adds Vitamin D to Cereal to Fight Rickets’.
Daily Telegraph
. Available from:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8854634/Kelloggs-adds-vitamin-D-to-cereal-to-fight-rickets.html
.

Chapter 6: Vaccination

1
. Vaccine Liberation Army. Armed with Knowledge. 2012. Available from:
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/
.

2
. Department of Health. A Guide to Immunisations up to 13 Months of Age. 2007. Available from:
http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/vaccinations/Documents/A%20guide%20to%20immunisations%20up%20to%2013%20months%20of%20age.pdf
.

3
. Carrington, Tammy. A Vaccination Horror Story. Available from:
http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/VACCINE%20HORROR.htm
.

4
. BBC News. Measles Outbreak Prompts Plea To Vaccinate Children. 2011. Available from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13561766
.

5
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School and Childcare Vaccination Surveys. 2012. Available from:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/schoolsurv/schImmRqmt.asp
.

6
. Health Protection Agency. Measles Notifications and Deaths in England and Wales, 1940–2008. 2012. Available from:
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1195733835814
.

7
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pinkbook: Measles Chapter – Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. 2012. Available from:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/meas.html#complications
.

8
. De Martel, C., Ferlay, J., Franceschi, S., Vignat, J., Bray, F., Forman, D., et al. ‘Global Burden of Cancers Attributable to Infections in 2008: A Review and Synthetic Analysis.’
The Lancet
Oncology. May 2012. Available from:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(12)70137-7/abstract
.

9
. NHS Information Centre. NHS Immunisation Statistics, England 2009–10. 2012. Available from:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/Article/1685
.

10
. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine. 2012. Available from:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/PrintPreview/DefaultSplashPP/CON023340?ResultCount=10&DynamicListQuery=&DynamicListSortBy=xCreationDate&DynamicListSortOrder=Desc&DynamicListTitle=&PageNumber=1&Title=Human%20papillomavirus%20(HPV)%20vaccine
.

11
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccination Side Effects: HPVCervarix. 2012. Available from:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm#hpvcervarix
.

12
.
Daily Mail
. Schoolgirl, 14, Dies After Being Given Cervical Cancer Jab. 2012. Available from:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1216714/Schoolgirl-14-dies-given-cervical-cancer-jab.html
.

13
. GPonline. Malignant Tumour Caused HPV Jab Girl’s Death. 2012. Available from:
http://www.gponline.com/News/article/942531/Malignant-tumour-caused-HPV-jab-girls-death/
.

14
. Goldman, A.S., Schmalstieg, E.J., Freeman, D.H. Jr, Goldman, D.A., Schmalstieg, F.C. Jr. What Was the Cause of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Paralytic Illness?
J. Med Biogr
. 2003 Nov;11(4):232–40.