PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mitchell, Edwin A
AU  - Hutchison, Lynne
AU  - Stewart, Alistair W
TI  - The continuing decline in SIDS mortality
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2007.116194
DP  - 2007 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 625--626
VI  - 92
IP  - 7
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/92/7/625.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/92/7/625.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2007 Jul 01; 92
AB  - The “Back to Sleep” campaign resulted in a dramatic decrease in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) worldwide. SIDS mortality has continued to decline (in New Zealand by 63% from 1993 to 2004), but the reason for this has not been explained. A postal survey found that the proportion of infants sleeping on their back has increased substantially (from 24.4% in 1992 to 72.3% in 2005), and this could account for the 39%–48% decrease in SIDS mortality.