Beal S, Porter C
Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia.
Acta Paediatr Scand. 1991 Mar;80(3):278-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11850.x.
In Australia the single most important factor influencing the incidence of SIDS is the climate. The incidence in mid summer in South Australia is 0.7 per 1,000 live births, in mid winter in Tasmania it is 6.3 per 1,000 live births. It is predicted that if infants under 6 months of age in cold weather were tied into swaddling and placed supine to sleep as in Asia and Czechoslovakia, and older infants who may object to restriction of movement, had the cot made up with the infants' feet touching the lower end, warm clothing and no more than a single thin porous cover, the incidence of SIDS as in Asia and Czechoslovakia could be reduced to less than 1.0 per 1,000.
在澳大利亚，影响婴儿猝死综合征发病率的唯一最重要因素是气候。南澳大利亚州仲夏时的发病率为每1000例活产中有0.7例，塔斯马尼亚州仲冬时的发病率为每1000例活产中有6.3例。据预测，如果像在亚洲和捷克斯洛伐克那样，在寒冷天气里将6个月以下的婴儿裹好并仰卧睡觉，而对于可能反对行动受限的较大婴儿，将婴儿床整理好，让婴儿的脚接触床尾，给婴儿穿上暖和的衣服，只盖一层薄薄的多孔覆盖物，那么婴儿猝死综合征的发病率就可以像在亚洲和捷克斯洛伐克那样降至每1000例活产中不到1.0例。
