Arcutio, a device designed to prevent infant<unk>  by suffocation, Philosophical Transactions 422 (1732) Globally,<unk>  resulted in about 22,000<unk> s , down from 30,000<unk> s in 1990. Rates vary significantly by population from 0.05 per 1000 in Hong Kong to 6.7 per 1000 in Native Americans.<unk>  was responsible for 0.54<unk> s per 1,000 live births in the US in 2005. It is responsible for far fewer<unk> s than congenital disorders and disorders related to short gestation, though it is the leading cause of<unk>  in healthy infants after one month of age.<unk><unk> s in the US decreased from 4,895 in 1992 to 2,247 in 2004, a 54% decrease. During a similar time period, 1989 to 2004,<unk>  as the cause of<unk>  for<unk>  infant<unk>  (SID) decreased from 80% to 55%, a 31% decrease. According to John Kattwinkel, chairman of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Special Task Force on<unk>  "A lot of us are concerned that the rate (of<unk>  isn't decreasing significantly, but that a lot of it is just code shifting". Race Rates of<unk>  by race/ethnicity in the U.S., 2009, CDC, 2013 In 2013, there were persistent disparities in<unk><unk> s among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. In 2009, the rates of<unk>  range from 20.3 per 100,000 live births for Asian/Pacific Islander to 119.2 per 100,000 live births for Native Americans/Alaska Native. African American infants have a 24% greater risk of having a<unk> -related<unk> , compared to the U.S. population as a whole, and experience a 2.5 greater incidence of<unk>  than in Caucasian infants. Rates are calculated per 100,000 live births to enable more accurate comparison across groups of different total population size. Research suggests that factors which contribute more directly to<unk>  risk—maternal age, exposure to smoking, safe sleep practices, etc.—vary by racial and ethnic group and therefore risk exposure also varies by these groups. Risk factors associated with prone sleeping patterns of African American families include mother's age, household poverty index, rural/urban status of residence, and infant's age. More than 50% of African American infants were placed in non-recommended sleeping positions, according to a 2012 study completed in South Carolina, indicating that cultural factors can be protective as well as problematic. The rate of<unk>  per 1000 births varies among ethnic groups in the United States: *Central Americans and South Americans: 0.20 *Asian/Pacific Islanders: 0.28 *Mexicans: 0.24 *Puerto Ricans: 0.53 *Whites: 0.51 *African Americans: 1.08 *Native American: 1.24
Sudden infant death syndrome
Genetic disorder
Shaken baby syndrome
Infection
Blue baby syndrome
Child abuse
Neonatal meningitis
Infant respiratory distress syndrome