TY - JOUR T1 - Sleeping position for infants and cot death in The Netherlands 1985-91. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 660 LP - 663 DO - 10.1136/adc.69.6.660 VL - 69 IS - 6 AU - G A de Jonge AU - R J Burgmeijer AU - A C Engelberts AU - J Hoogenboezem AU - P J Kostense AU - A J Sprij Y1 - 1993/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/69/6/660.abstract N2 - Until the early 1970s the traditional sleeping position for Dutch infants was not prone. After a much publicised lecture in October 1987 on the possible relation between sleeping prone and cot death, the fairly new habit of placing infants prone is being replaced by more traditional positions. The decrease in the prevalence of the prone sleeping position has been documented in six studies. Since 1987 the incidence of registered cot deaths has decreased from 1.04/1000 live births in 1986 to 0.44 in 1991; the real decrease of sudden unexpected death in infancy, however, is greater. ER -