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> Over the past few decades, the U.K. has also seen a large drop in SIDS. Since 2003, total SIDS deaths has fallen by 40 percent, from about 350 deaths per year
by mattnewport 8y ago
> Over the past few decades, the U.K. has also seen a large drop in SIDS. Since 2003, total SIDS deaths has fallen by 40 percent, from about 350 deaths per year to about 200 deaths per year, the nonprofit Lullaby Trust reports. At the same time, the SIDS rate in U.S. has nearly plateaued at about 90 deaths per 100,000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
If this paragraph is accurate, why is the incidence around 200 times lower in the UK?
- jahewson 8y ago> 350 deaths per year to about 200 deaths per year It's correct but their numbers are presented in a confusing manner. The UK figure is total deaths for the whole country, but the US figure is given per 100,000. There were 774,835 live births in the UK in 2016. So that's 350/774835*100000 = 45 per 100,000 vs. 90 per 100,000 in the US. So 50% lower.
- mattnewport 8y agoAh, that makes sense, I didn't realize the per 100,000 was per 100,000 live births. Thanks.
- AstralStorm 8y agoLess immigrants? Drop in drug use perhaps? Some other extraneous factor got fixed? (Say crib and pillow materials.)