Deaths from sudden infant death syndrome on public holidays and weekends.
Deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) between 1979 and 1984 were tabulated by month for weekdays, weekends and public holidays. Examination of deaths by day of the week showed the weekend had more deaths than the weekdays (chi 2 = 26.3, df = 6, p = 0.0002) and that this pattern occurred in both the under three months and three-11 months age group. There were 40 deaths on the 78 public holidays in the six years under study. Modelling the data showed that there was no difference between the number of deaths on holidays compared to weekends.
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Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, NZ.
Stewart
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D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors