Rates for sudden infant death syndrome have declined since the 1990s, but a different cause of infant death — accidental suffocation or strangulation — has also been a persistent problem.
. Thirty-six percent of those deaths were attributed to accidental suffocation or strangulation. Nationally, the rate of these unexplained deaths has declined since the 1990s, but, according to the CDC, significant racial and ethnic differences continue.
The particular risks for an infant’s accidental suffocation in many respects are situational — and often involve people at the lower end of the income scale who tend to live in close quarters. People who live in a small apartment or motel often share sleep space, said St. John. Tarrant County has one of Texas’ highest rates of infant deaths — three to four each month — attributed to accidental suffocation., which serves Fort Worth and parts of Dallas, have been providing free bassinets and cribs to those in need.
County representatives spoke during the state’s Child Fatality Review Team meeting in May and focused on the prevalence of infant deaths linked to accidental suffocation. For the past decade, data shows, the county has averaged 1.05 sudden unexpected infant deaths per 1,000 births, which is higher than both the state and national averages of 0.85 and 0.93, respectively.
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