preventable deaths
Stoppable loss of life
Deaths that could have been avoided through different actions, interventions, or policies.
The term appears frequently in public health contexts: Thousands of preventable deaths occur each year from smoking-related illness.
It carries implicit criticism—someone or something failed to prevent what was preventable: The report blamed preventable deaths on inadequate hospital staffing.
- avoidableCapable of being prevented
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- mortalityState of eventual death
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- accidentUnintended harmful event
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- health disparitieshealth disparities, healthcare disparities, ethnic disparities, health outcomes, healthcare equity
- healthcare problemsmedical errors, misdiagnosis, high costs, long waits, staffing shortages
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