Epidemiological Features of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of some epidemiological characteristics of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the Donbass region for a period of 1994–2014. The prevalence and specific relevance of SIDS, dynamics of specific gravity of SIDS in the structure of infantile mortality is shown.

Keywords

• sudden infant death syndrome
• infant mortality
• prevalence
• specific gravity