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. 2018 Apr 1;172(4):388-390.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4887.

Infant Mortality Due to Unintentional Suffocation Among Infants Younger Than 1 Year in the United States, 1999-2015

Yuyan Gao  1 , David C Schwebel  2 , Guoqing Hu  1
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Infant Mortality Due to Unintentional Suffocation Among Infants Younger Than 1 Year in the United States, 1999-2015

Yuyan Gao et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This study examines mortality due to unintentional suffocation from 1999 to 2015 in the United States among infants younger than 1 year.

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Figure.. Mortality From Unintentional Suffocation by Mechanism Among Infants Younger Than 1 Year in the United States, 1999-2015
Other suffocations with specified threat include other unintentional hanging and strangulation (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] code w76); threat to breathing due to cave-in (ICD-10 code w77); falling earth and other substances, confined to or trapped in a low-oxygen environment (ICD-10 code w81); and other specified threats to breathing such as suffocation by plastic bag (ICD-10 code w83). Suffocations with unspecified mechanisms refer to unspecified threat to breathing (ICD-10 code w84). SIDS indicates sudden infant death syndrome.
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