[Sudden infant death syndrome in Hamburg. An epidemiologic analysis of 62 cases].
During a two years period (1978/79) all 62 victims of sudden and unexplained death in Hamburg have been analysed retrospectively. For statistical analysis a control group of 297 healthy life births was used. The overall incidence of SIDS amounted to 2.4 per 1,000 life births. In the VLBW children the figure raised up to 9.1%. SGA children were highly overrepresented. Amongst Turkish mothers there were only two cases (3.2%) significantly less than with other groups. (9.1% of all life births in 1979 were Turkish). An ethnological factor can be discussed. In the lowest social class more SIDS cases were encountered. The analysis of the circumstances around death confirmed previous results. A consecutive and longitudinal analysis of SIDS cases seems mandatory for evaluating the effect of preventive methods.
D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity; D005860:Germany, West; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000401:mortality*
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Hamburg. Eine epidemiologische Analyse von 62 Fällen.