[Crib death among children born during 1985-1989 at the Rogeland Central Hospital].

73 cases of sudden, unexpected death in infants were diagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome according to the criteria defined by the author. All were born at the Rogaland Central Hospital during the period 1985-89, with a total of 19,255 live births. The total incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was 3.8 per 1,000 live births. 65 of the dead infants were brought to the hospital, and a post-mortem was performed on 59. Most parents were followed up by the author and a priest in a bereavement group. The parents of three SIDS infants who had no contact with the hospital when the infant died also joined the group. Five more SIDS cases were registered when the author received data from the Norwegian Medical Birth Registry.