PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G A de Jonge AU - R J Burgmeijer AU - A C Engelberts AU - J Hoogenboezem AU - P J Kostense AU - A J Sprij TI - Sleeping position for infants and cot death in The Netherlands 1985-91. AID - 10.1136/adc.69.6.660 DP - 1993 Dec 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 660--663 VI - 69 IP - 6 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/69/6/660.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/69/6/660.full SO - Arch Dis Child1993 Dec 01; 69 AB - 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.