Study: Unexpected infant deaths increased in recent years

Although infant mortality rates have declined since 1999, there was a recent spike in sudden unexpected infant deaths from 2020 to 2022, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“We were very surprised to learn that sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) have increased recently,” Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, told Healio.
Wolf and colleagues studied infant mortality data from 1999 to 2022 to identify patterns in SUID rates. Additionally, Wolf and colleagues compared infant mortality rates

Although infant mortality rates have declined since 1999, there was a recent spike in sudden unexpected infant deaths from 2020 to 2022, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“We were very surprised to learn that sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) have increased recently,” Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, told Healio.
Wolf and colleagues studied infant mortality data from 1999 to 2022 to identify patterns in SUID rates. Additionally, Wolf and colleagues compared infant mortality rates