Participating countries from WHO in Eastern Europe (CCEE/NIS) region showing demographic information (1999 World Health Report) and usual sleep position in normal care units, and recommended advice given on sleep position on discharge
| Country | Population (millions) | Infant mortality rate1-151 | Questionnaires received (n) | Sleep position in normal care unit | Sleep position advice on discharge home1-150 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preferred position1-150 | Never back | Always front | ||||||||||||
| B | F | S | C | B | F | S | Nil | |||||||
| Albania | 3.1 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Armenia | 3.5 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Belarus | 10.3 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bosnia Her Sarajevo | 3.6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Bosnia Her Rep. Srpska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Estonia | 1.4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Georgia | 5.1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Hungary | 10.1 | 10 | 66 | 40 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |
| Kazakhstan | 16.3 | 35 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 2.4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | 3.7 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Macedonia, FYR | 2.0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Moldova | 4.4 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Romania | 22.5 | 23 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 5 | |
| Russian Federation (Barens) | 147 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Slovak Republic | 5.4 | 11 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 2.0 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Turkmenistan | 4.3 | 55 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 51 | 19 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 23.6 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | — | — | 489 | 26.6% | 1.8% | 65% | 6.6% | 32% | <1% | 17.4% | 3.5% | 73% | 6.1% | |