Age at Death, Season, and Day of Death as Indicators of the Effect of the Back to Sleep Program on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States, 1992-1999 | Zendy

Michael H. Malloy | Zendy; Daniel Freeman | Zendy

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Age at Death, Season, and Day of Death as Indicators of the Effect of the Back to Sleep Program on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States, 1992-1999

Author(s) -

Michael H. Malloy,

Daniel Freeman

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.4.359

Subject(s) - sudden infant death syndrome , medicine , supine position , death certificate , demography , pediatrics , infant mortality , cause of death , mortality rate , population , surgery , environmental health , disease , sociology

In June 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Infant Positioning and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) made its first recommendation concerning placing infants in a supine position. Since the publication of this recommendation, SIDS rates in the United States have declined 44%. Before this recommendation, SIDS had a marked seasonal pattern and was noted to occur more frequently on weekends.

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