THE Press headline of April 24 proclaims, under the Stamp Out Poverty campaign, that 75 deaths per year are attributed to those in poverty.

At the same time, another recent report (January 4) attributes 150 deaths a year to air pollution, for which the council is to spend £150,000 on a low-emission strategy.

Now we have statistics for 225 deaths a year attributed to not natural causes.

There are many other causes for demises, unhealthy lifestyles which can apply to all sections of a community. The question is, can such figures be separated and allocated in this way?

How is it possible to leave out all the other deaths which are not natural, too many to mention here?

There must have been some deft computer manipulation of figures, in order to produce the required results for the campaign.

J Beisly, Osprey Close, York.