Table 3

Studies of asthma deaths: preventable factors

	Undertreatment with steroids	Inappropriate therapy	Underestimation of condition by doctor	Underestimation of condition by patient	Failure to recognise or treat months or weeks prior to acute attack	Adverse psychosocial factors
Cochrane and Clark31	^*	^*	^*	^*
Macdonald et al 32	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Macdonaldet al 33	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Bateman and Clarke34	^*			^*	^*
Ormerod and Stableforth35	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
British Thoracic Association⁶	^*		^*	^*	^*
Searset al ⁷	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Reaet al 52						^*
Eason and Markowe36	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Robertsonet al 53	^*		^*	^*		^*
Wareham et al 37	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Somervilleet al 38	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*
Mohanet al 39	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*	^*