According to the Office for National Statistics 2,651
infant deaths were recorded in 2016 compared with 2,578 in 2015.
While the figures have increased, statisticians say rates remain low in historical terms, with 6,313
infant deaths in 1986.
While the figures have increased, statisticians claim these rates remain low in historical terms, with 6,313
infant deaths being recorded in 1986.
Major epidemiological changes in sudden
infant death syndrome: a 20-year population-based study in the UK.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task Force on Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome.
The data included information on
infant death along with 15 controlled socio-economic variables such as household composition, Child Health, Literacy and Education, HIV/ AIDs etc (Table-1).
Data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) highlighted that there were 249 unexplained
infant deaths in 2013, a rate of 0.
Risk factor changes for sudden
infant death syndrome after initiation of Back-toSleep campaign.
The prevalence of fetal death was 3 percent in women with pre-existing diabetes, and the prevalence of
infant death was 0.
The most important risk factors for sudden
infant death, such as poor organization of life, lack of stimulation of the child's development, premature and / or low body weight at birth, maternal smoking during pregnancy, sharing the bed with parent(s) often associated with sleep disturbances in infants aged 2 to 6 months (Kelmanson, 2010).
Progress on reducing
infant deaths should include monitoring immunization schedules and official causes of death (to determine if vaccine-related
infant deaths are being reclassified).
The absence of a further increase after 2005 in registered early
infant deaths in 7 of the 9 provinces could potentially be ascribed to the slowing of the year-on-year increases in the completeness of
infant death registration, (13) the stable proportion of pregnant women with HIV since 2005, and the accelerated scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and ART interventions after 2005 (Table I).
