Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment
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AAP recommends against bed-sharing; ~3,500 US sleep-related infant deaths per year; bed-sharing identified as a modifiable risk factor
“"Each year in the United States, ∼3500 infants die of sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) [...] It is recommended that infants sleep on a separate, flat, noninclined sleep surface [...] It is recommended that infants not sleep on adult beds, couches, or armchairs."”
Calculation notes
AAP 2022 policy statement synthesizing the epidemiological literature. Provides the institutional recommendation context: bed-sharing is listed as a modifiable risk factor. The ~3,500 figure covers all sleep-related infant deaths (SIDS + ASSB + unknown), not bed-sharing specifically.
Independence note: Policy synthesis drawing on the same Carpenter, Blair, and CDC datasets cited above; not an independent estimate.
Source date: 2022-07-01 · Accessed: 2026-04-18
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~3,500 US sleep-related infant deaths per year; overall sleep-related infant death rate has been stagnant since 2000 after a substantial decline in the 1990s
“"Each year in the United States, ∼3500 infants die of sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) [...] After a substantial decline in sleep-related deaths in the 1990s, the overall death rate attributable to sleep-related infant deaths has remained stagnant since 2000, and disparities persist."”
Calculation notes
Anchors the historical plateau story: the ~50% decline that followed the 1994 Back to Sleep campaign stopped around 2000 and the residual baseline has been hard to move further. Used to justify the "Post-1994 Back to Sleep era" vs "Pre-1994 baseline" rows of regional_breakdown.
Independence note: AAP policy statement synthesising CDC mortality data plus peer-reviewed epidemiology; not independent of the CDC primary sources above.
Source date: 2022-07-01 · Accessed: 2026-04-11
