Sudden unexpected death in infancy: Where are we now?
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Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI, see: “New terminology”, over page) refers to the death of an infant aged under one year, which is initially unexplained. Death usually occurs while the infant is asleep. The incidence of SUDI has declined significantly since public prevention campaigns began in New Zealand in the early 1990s. Prior to this, in the 1980s, the SUDI mortality rate was over 4 per 1000 live births.1 This corresponded to over 200 infant deaths per year.1 Now, the mortality rate is less than 0.8 per 1000 live births (across all ethnicities), with approximately 50 deaths per year.1
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