I was under the impression that death certificates only list the immediate cause of death, and maybe occasionally some immediate biological confounders (e.g. pn

I was under the impression that death certificates only list the immediate cause of death, and maybe occasionally some immediate biological confounders (e.g. pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Here's one for you though: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-pollution-recorded-cause-death-23176121 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-pollution-rec... : Pollution has been recorded as a cause of death for the first time in the UK at the inquest of a nine-year-old girl. : A coroner concluded air pollution made a "material contribution" to the death of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah after a severe asthma attack in February 2013, in the landmark ruling. : The schoolgirl, who lived in Lewisham, South London, was rushed to hospital at 2am before she died. : Her family has long argued that pollution caused her death, and it has emerged that levels of nitrogen dioxide where she lived were unlawful.