Beal S M
Aust Paediatr J. 1986;22 Suppl 1:13-6.
Comparison of perinatal, environmental and infant care factors in communities with different Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) incidences could reveal ways of reducing SIDS frequency in the higher incidence community. The incidence of SIDS in Sweden is much lower than that in Adelaide. Several factors known to be significant in SIDS are less common in Sweden: teenage mothers, low birthweight and the failure to immunize infants. The most striking difference is the absence of the winter peak in Sweden. In Sweden almost every infant sleeps in a heated environment in winter, whereas in Adelaide most do not. This report discusses ways in which the Adelaide winter peak may be avoided. There is a lower incidence of SIDS in communities that invariably use the supine sleeping position for infants than in those who do not. Abandoning prone sleeping for infants in Adelaide should reduce the incidence of SIDS.
比较不同婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）发病率社区的围产期、环境和婴儿护理因素，可能会揭示在高发病率社区降低SIDS发生率的方法。瑞典的SIDS发病率远低于阿德莱德。一些已知对SIDS有重要影响的因素在瑞典不太常见：青少年母亲、低体重出生以及婴儿未接种疫苗。最显著的差异是瑞典没有冬季高峰。在瑞典，几乎每个婴儿在冬天都睡在有暖气的环境中，而在阿德莱德，大多数婴儿不是。本报告讨论了避免阿德莱德冬季高峰的方法。始终让婴儿采用仰卧睡眠姿势的社区中SIDS发病率低于不这样做的社区。在阿德莱德放弃婴儿俯卧睡眠应能降低SIDS的发生率。
