The AAP continues to emphasize placing infants on their backs in an uncluttered crib.

Two infants suffocated when using the loungers.

The clinical report recommends that death certifiers and child protective service agencies should use “unexplained sudden death” rather than SIDS.

Preterm and low birthweight infants are two to three times more likely than healthy term infants to die suddenly and unexpectedly. Thus, it is important that health care professionals prepare families with guidance on safe sleep.

SUDC is the fifth leading category of death in children ages 1-4, yet there is limited medical awareness of it and no targeted federal funding to support research.

Cause of death, birth order, birthweight, and the mother’s age and marital status each differed between the two groups.

Each year in the U.S., about 3,500 infants die from sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), largely during sleep.

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Researchers estimate about 800 fewer infants would die each year if their mothers hadn’t smoked.

More than 7,000 full-term infants in the U.S. died each year between 2010-’12.

The rates vary widely among states and often do not meet federal Health People 2020 targets.

Roughly 61% of mothers shared a bed with their infant in 2015 and 38.5% used soft bedding.

Longer duration of breastfeeding was linked with additional protection against SIDS.

Crib bumpers pose a risk of suffocation, entrapment and strangulation and should not be used.