National Irish SIDS Register, Dublin, Annual Reports
SIDS Rates 1987 – 1997, in 20 countries
Year / Argentina-1 / Australia-2 / Austria-3* / Canada-4 / Denmark-5 / England/Wales-6 / Finland-7 / France-8 / Germany-9
(West) / Hong Kong-10 / Ireland-11
1987 / n/a / 2.49 / 1.63 / 1.06 / 2.00 / 2.40 / 0.60 / 1.85 / 1.64 / 0.09 / 2.3
1988 / n/a / 2.32 / 1.66 / 1.04 / 1.60 / 2.50 / 0.60 / 1.80 / 1.61 / 0.05 / 2.3
1989 / n/a / 2.16 / 1.48 / 0.99 / 1.90 / 2.10 / 0.50 / 1.84 / 1.67 / 0.16 / 2.0
1990 / n/a / 2.19 / 1.56 / 0.82 / 1.60 / 1.80 / 0.60 / 1.80 / 1.73 / 0.16 / 1.8
1991 / 0.79 / 1.80 / 1.13 / 0.88 / 1.80 / 1.60 / 0.50 / 1.93 / 1.66 / 0.12 / 1.6
1992 / 0.76 / 1.42 / 1.12 / 0.82 / 1.20 / 0.80 / 0.50 / 1.74 / 1.18 / 0.14 / 1.1
1993 / 0.76 / 1.37 / 1.17 / 0.68 / 0.56 / 0.70 / 0.46 / 1.59 / 1.12 / 0.06 / 0.7
1994 / 0.72 / 1.01 / 0.79 / 0.70 / 0.30 / 0.70 / 0.44 / 1.24 / 1.02 / 0.07 / 0.8
1995 / 0.76 / 0.88 / 0.64 / 0.67 / 0.17 / 0.60 / 0.35 / 0.74 / 1.01 / 0.13 / 0.7
1996 / 0.69 / 0.90 / 0.60 / n/a / n/a / 0.70 / n/a / 0.61 / 0.91 / n/a / 0.8
1997 / n/a / 1.12** / 0.58 / n/a / n/a / 0.60 / n/a / 0.49 / 0.88 / n/a / 0.8
Ages / Source/Notes:
1 / Birth to 1 yr. / Ministry of Health & Social Action, Reduce the Risk Campaign 1998.
2 / All ages, including >1 yr. / Australian SIDS Organisations.
3 / Birth to 1 yr. / 1987-96: Austrian Demographic Reports, 1996. 1997: personal communication, Austrian Central Bureau for Demographic Statistics.
4 / Birth to 1 yr. / Statistics Canada, 1997.
5 / 1 mo. to 1 yr. / Vege A, Rognum TO. 1997. Use of new Nordic criteria for classification of SIDS to re-evaluate diagnoses of sudden unexpected infant death in the Nordic countries. Acta Paediatr 86, 391-6.
6 / Birth to 1 yr. / Office of Population and Census Surveys.
7 / 1 mo. to 1 yr. / Vege A, Rognum TO. 1997. Use of new Nordic criteria for classification of SIDS to re-evaluate diagnoses of sudden unexpected infant death in the Nordic countries. Acta Paediatr 86, 391-6.
8 / 1 mo. to 1 yr. / Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale – Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques Note: Includes all sudden unexpected deaths.
9 / 1 day to 1 yr. / Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden, Germany, March 1999. 1992 German Academy of Pediatrics concluded that infants can be put in any position; in 1995 this statement revised to avoid prone.
10 / 1 m. to 1 yr. / Hong Kong Census Department. Note: These rates are underestimated.
11 / Birth to 1 yr. /
National Irish SIDS Register, Dublin, Annual Reports.
* Intervention strategies implemented at variable times in different regions, some in 1980s, others more recently.
** Provisional data.
Year risk reduction campaign started.
Other risk reduction activity (e.g. limited media, statements from professional organizations).
n/a Not available.
SIDS Rates 1987 – 1997, in 20 countries (continued)
Year / Italy-12(Milan only) / Japan-13 / Netherlands-14 / New Zealand-15 / Norway-16 / Scotland-17 / Sweden-18 / Switzerland-19 / USA-20
1987 / n/a / n/a / 0.91 / 4.30 / 1.89 / 2.00 / 0.90 / 0.86 / 1.37
1988 / n/a / n/a / 0.58 / 4.40 / 2.12 / 2.00 / 0.80 / 0.92 / 1.40
1989 / n/a / n/a / 0.70 / 4.10 / 2.39 / 2.20 / 0.90 / 1.23 / 1.39
1990 / n/a / n/a / 0.56 / 2.90 / 1.70 / 2.00 / 1.00 / 1.18 / 1.30
1991 / 0.26 / n/a / 0.44 / 2.50 / 1.36 / 1.30 / 1.10 / 1.02 / 1.30
1992 / 0.26 / n/a / 0.41 / 2.30 / 0.85 / 0.90 / 0.90 / 0.97 / 1.20
1993 / 0.25 / n/a / 0.35 / 2.10 / 0.59 / 0.90 / 0.70 / 0.98 / 1.17
1994 / 0.27 / n/a / 0.30 / 2.10 / 0.53 / 0.70 / 0.44 / 0.72 / 1.03
1995 / n/a / 0.44 / 0.25 / 2.10 / 0.48 / 0.70 / 0.41 / 0.66 / 0.87
1996 / n/a / 0.39 / 0.26 / 1.90 ** / n/a / 0.80 / n/a / 0.44 / 0.78
1997 / n/a / 0.41 / 0.17 / n/a / n/a / 0.90 / n/a / n/a / 0.69 **
Ages: / Source/Notes:
12 / Birth to 1 yr. / Census Bureau (Milan County data)
13 / Birth to 1 yr. / 1995-96: Maternal and Child Health Division and Statistics Information Dept., Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. Maternal and Child Health Statistics of Japan 1997. Tokyo: Mother’s and Children’s Health Organization, 1998.
1997: Statistics Information Department, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. VitalStatistics on GeneralConditions 1997. Tokyo, 1998.Data before 1995 unreliable, as SIDS was not permitted on the death certificate.
14 / 1 wk. to 1 yr. / Dutch Bureau of Statistics, 1997.
15 / All ages, including > 1 yr. / New Zealand Health Information Service, Fetal and Infant Deaths.
16 /
1 mo. to 1 yr.
/ Vege A, Rognum TO. 1997. Use of new Nordic criteria for classification of SIDS to re-evaluate diagnoses of sudden unexpected infant death in the Nordic countries. Acta Paediatr 86, 391-6.17 / 1 wk. to 1 yr. / Scottish Cot Death Trust, 1999.
18 /
1 mo. to 1 yr.
/ Vege A, Rognum TO. 1997. Use of new Nordic criteria for classification of SIDS to re-evaluate diagnoses of sudden unexpected infant death in the Nordic countries. Acta Paediatr 86, 391-6.19 / Birth to 1 yr. / Federal Bureau of Statistics, Bern, March 1999
20 / Birth to 1 yr. / National Center for Health Statistics , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
* Intervention strategies implemented at variable times in different regions, some in 1980s, others more recently.
** Provisional data.
Other risk reduction activity (e.g. limited media, statements from professional organizations).
n/a Not available.