Parents in these states face higher infant death rates
The idea that your baby could die in the middle of the night, for no apparent reason, is terrifying for parents. But if you live in a state like Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky or Louisiana, your child may be at an increased risk for what’s known as sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), a term that encompasses sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), as well as accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB) and undetermined deaths.
There are about 3,500 infants in the US each year who die unexpectedly in their sleep. While US infant deaths declined sharply during the 1990s after an educational campaign called Back to Sleep (now known as the Safe to Sleep® campaign), there has been little research on the rates since 1999. Now, a new study published in the journal Paediatrics has found that SUID rates have largely stayed the same since 1999 and, in fact, there is now a wide variation in death rates from state to state. The study compared SUID rates in 2000-2002 and 2013-2015, and found that states that showed the biggest declines were California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. However, Alaska, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky and Louisiana had the highest SUID rates in 2013-2015, and saw significant increases since 2000-2002.
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