Risk Factors Differ for Sleep-Related Deaths in Younger and Older Infants

Abstract

Although the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has declined since 2000, rates of other sleep-related infant deaths (e.g., accidental suffocation, asphyxiation) have increased. In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics published recommendations for a safe infant sleep environment (NEJM JW Pediatr Adolesc Med Nov 16 2011). To examine risk factors …