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INTERNATIONAL SIDS/SUDI STATISTICS
As at the 17th July 2000
The collection of these International statistics was undertaken bythe late Kaarene Fitzgerald. No one has undertaken this huge task since 2000.
COUNTRY |
POPULATION
IN MILLIONS |
FIRST SIDS GROUP
FORMED |
NATIONAL FORMATION |
SIDS/ UNEXPECTED
INFANT DEATHS
PER ANNUM |
HOW OFTEN AUTOPSY PERFORMED |
INCIDENCE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS |
RISK REDUCTION CAMPAIGN STARTED |
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? Indicates information is being sought but is not yet available.
SOURCE (Note: The date in brackets represents the year of the deaths.)
- Dr Alejandro Jenik, GIAMSI (Group of Investigation & Attention in Sudden Infant Death) Buenos Aires, Argentina, personal correspondence (1996)
- SIDSaustralia (1999)
- Reinhold Kerbl, Austria. Personal communication, 2000 (1998)
- The late Professor Andre Kahn, Belgian National Observatoire for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Personal Communication, 2000.
- Statistics Canada: Canadian Statistics – Birth and birth rate, Canada, the provinces and territories: CANSIM, Matrix 5772; Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics System, 1996; Offices of the Chief Coroner, Number of Infant Deaths Recorded as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Albert, British Columbia (1998)
- Ministry of Health, Czechoslovakia.
- Danish National Birth Register, The National Register of Causes of Death, 1997, Denmark (1997)
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) (1998)
- Finnish SIDS Foundation (1996)
- Naitre et Vivre, INSERM, 1999 (1997)
- Dr Mimi Vennemann, SIDS Study Germany, University of Muenster. Personal Communication, 2000 (1998)
- C Thedosi Esopou. Athens (1991)
- Eva Barko, Pro Familia Hungarian Foundation. Personal Communication, 2000 (1998)
- Tony Nelson. Personal communication, 2000 (average 1990-1996)
- National SIDS Register, Dublin (1994)
- Dr Anat Shatz, Israeli Society for the Study and Prevention of Sudden Infant Death. Personal Communication, 2000 (1998)
- Prof Gianpaolo Donzelli, Presidente of Italian Society for Perinatal and Pediatric Unexpected Deaths. Personal Communication
- Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan (1998)
- Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics, 1999 (1998)
- New Zealand Information Service. Fetal & Infant Deaths 1997, Ministry of Health, Wellington (1997)
- Hilde Ericksen, Norwegian SIDS Society. Personal Communication, 2000 (1998)
- World Health Organization, Manilla. Personal Communication (1990).
- J Pinheiro. Temas de Medicina Legal, Ed Centro de Estudos de Pos-graduaçao em Medicini Legal, Coimbra 1998. L Guimaraes et al. O Sindrome Morte Subita. Inesperada e Inexplicada do Lactente (MSIL) em Portugal-Um levantamento Retrospectivo (1979-1994): Dados preliminares. Acta Pediatr.Port.28:19-26, 1997 (1994-1996)
- Paediatric Medical Institute, Professor I A Kelmanson. Epidemiological Highlights of SIDS in St Petersburg. SIDS International Newsletter, February 1995 (1992)
- Professor Peter Herdson, King Faisal Hospital, Saudi Arabia. Personal Communication (1990)
- Dr Maurice Kibel, South Africa. Personal Communication (1998)
- Scottish Cot Death Trust (1998)
- Dr Chew Chin Hin. Ministry of Health, Singapore. Personal Communication (1990)
- Dr Jiri Jura, Chairman Slovak SIDS Foundation. SIDS International Newsletter 1998 (1997)
- SIDS International Newsletter, No 1 1998 (1997)
- Dr Joseph Milerad. Sweden. Personal Communication (1998)
- Federal Bureau of Statistics, Bern, 1999 (1996)
- Dr Yildiz Perk, Cocuk Sağliği ve Hastaliklari Uzmani. Personal Communication
- N Aryqev. Odessa Medical University, Odessa. (1993)
- Hoyert, D. L., Kochanek, K.D., & Murphy, S.L. Deaths: Final data for 1997. National Vital Statistics Report; 47 (20), Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, 1999 (1997)
- National SIDS Association, Zimbabwe. Personal Communication (1998)
Prepared by: the late Kaarene Fitzgerald AC, Past Chairman, SIDS Global Strategy Task Force. For comments/additions/alterations contact email
maxineweber@sidsandkids.org
Please note: In many cases details in this report are based on Kaarene's personal communication. The purpose of these statistics is to show, where possible, infant mortality figures.
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