AAP News Vol. 14 No. 1 January 1998, p. 9
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Drop in U.S. SIDS rate credited to AAP campaign: Experts profile latest on sudden infant death syndrome

Stefanie Dell'Aringa

U.S. sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) rates have declined dramatically, from about 1.4 deaths per thousand children in 1992 before the Academy's recommendation to place babies on their backs to sleep, to a present rate of 0.7 deaths per thousand children, reported National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Director Duane Alexander, M.D., FAAP.

Along with a panel of experts, Dr. Alexander reported the latest SIDS developments in November during a press briefing held at the 1997 AAP Annual Meeting in New Orleans.




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