The Urgency of Safe Sleep Practices
African American infants are twice as likely to die from sleep-related causes as White infants are. In 2015, infant mortality rate for African Americans was 11 per 1,000 live births compared to 5 per 1,000 live births for Hispanic and 7 per 1,000 live births for Whites. Prematurity and birth defects are the leading causes of death in infancy. However, accidental strangulation and suffocation in bed and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), collectively known as Sudden Unexpect