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In a 2011, a US National Safety Council report stated that choking caused 4,500 deaths (amongst all ages) in the United States in 2009.[Ref:46]
Hard Candies
Foreign Body
Jawbreakers and other hard, round candies (such as bon-bons, cough drops and spherical lollipops) can be lethal if inhaled (between or below the vocal cords); or if swallowed (by compressing the airway from behind). Flat lollipops are safer.
In the United States, hard candies are one of the leading causes of choking.[Ref:1]
Soft chewing gum can also be a choking hard, but is less likely to be lethal.
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