Fujita T, Kato N
Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1994 Jun;36(3):325-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03193.x.
This study examines the effect of items as reported on birth certificates on sudden infant death. We linked infant death certificates with birth certificates for the infants born in 1989 to residents of the Tohoku, Tokai and Kyushu regions in Japan (n = 409,679), that is, about one-third of the infants born in Japan that year. The mortality rate from sudden infant death, including 88 deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and 17 deaths from instantaneous death, was 25.6 per 100,000 live births. Elevated risk of sudden infant death was associated with low birthweight, late birth order, illegitimacy, male gender and young maternal age. These results correspond to previous studies from Western countries, suggesting a similar pattern for SIDS in Japan.
本研究调查了出生证明上所记录的项目对婴儿猝死的影响。我们将日本东北地区、东海地区和九州地区（n = 409,679）1989年出生婴儿的死亡证明与出生证明进行了关联，这一数字约占当年日本出生婴儿总数的三分之一。婴儿猝死的死亡率，包括88例婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）死亡和17例即刻死亡，为每10万例活产25.6例。婴儿猝死风险升高与低出生体重、出生顺序靠后、非婚生、男性性别和母亲年龄较小有关。这些结果与西方国家之前的研究一致，表明日本的婴儿猝死综合征模式相似。
