But the blame for Britain's poor showing does not lie wholly at the doorstep of Britons, Bamfield said, but also with organized foreign gangs hitting on cities such as London.

不过英国的差劲表现也不能全怪英国人，班菲尔德说，外国犯罪团伙对伦敦这样的城市的袭击也难辞其咎。

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'Bamfield said one factor skewing the statistics was also likely to be that retailers in Britain were more likely to log and record thefts compared to other nations, such as Greece.

班菲尔德还指出，引起统计偏差的一个因素还可能是与其他一些像希腊那样的国家相比，英国的零售商更倾向于记录失窃。

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Lead researcher Louise Bamfield conceded that medical advances meant more low birth weight babies were now surviving, but she said social deprivation and low income were significant factors.

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