RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The continuing decline in SIDS mortality
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 625
OP 626
DO 10.1136/adc.2007.116194
VO 92
IS 7
A1 Mitchell, Edwin A
A1 Hutchison, Lynne
A1 Stewart, Alistair W
YR 2007
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/92/7/625.abstract
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.