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By SANDRA R. RICHARDSON
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An estimated 66 to 77 children under the age of 10 die by choking on food each year. That is more than one death per week.
Food asphyxiation accounts for as many childhood deaths as poisioning, but it has received much less public attention.
A recent Johns Hopkins University study conducted nationwide on children’s food-related choking fatalities (looking only at children under 10) found that more than 90 percent of the victims were under 5. The risk was highest in 1- and 2-year-olds and dropped substantially at age 3.
Hot dogs choked children most often. Other foods high on the list were candy, peanuts and other nuts, grapes, cookies, meat, carrots, apples, popcorn and peanut butter.
Most of these foods are popular
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