FIGURE 5.8
Alive Today As more parents learn that a baby should be on his or her “back to sleep,” the SIDS rate continues to decrease. Other factors are also responsible for the decline—fewer parents smoke cigarettes in the baby’s room. SOURCES: NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS REPORTS, FORTHCOMING; HOYERT & XU, 2012; MURPHY ET AL., 2012; KOCHANEK ET AL., 2011; MINIÑO ET AL., 2007; HOYERT ET AL., 2005; MATHEWS ET AL., 2003; HOYERT ET AL., 1999; GARDNER & HUDSON, 1996; MACDORMAN & ROSENBERG, 1993; MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORT, 1980.