Arrundale J
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh.
Health Bull (Edinb). 1993 Mar;51(2):106-17.
There has been an increased interest during 1992 in the numbers of deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, because of reports of reductions in the numbers in several countries where changes in advice on infant care had been made. Numbers of infant deaths in general and of those due to the syndrome in particular are described and analysed by some of the variables which are provided at the time of registration. The decline in the number of deaths from the syndrome reported recently by the Scottish Cot Death Trust is supported by the full figures for 1991. This decline probably started about the latter part of 1990, well before the official letters giving advice on infant care that had been associated with a decline elsewhere. It was more marked in some areas of Scotland than others. There appears to be a cyclical pattern in the time-series of the numbers of deaths from the syndrome. Further investigation, both of the cyclical movement and of the recent decline in relation to other variables, would be worthwhile. Deaths in the neonatal period from the syndrome and those from other causes have both declined markedly during 1990 and 1991, after several years when the movements in their numbers seemed to be in opposite directions.
1992年，人们对婴儿猝死综合征的死亡人数愈发关注，原因是有报道称，一些国家改变了婴儿护理建议，这些国家的婴儿猝死综合征死亡人数有所减少。通过登记时提供的一些变量，对一般婴儿死亡人数，特别是因该综合征死亡的人数进行了描述和分析。苏格兰婴儿床死亡信托基金最近报告的该综合征死亡人数下降得到了1991年完整数据的支持。这种下降可能始于1990年下半年，远早于官方发出与其他地方死亡人数下降相关的婴儿护理建议信函之时。在苏格兰的一些地区，这种下降比其他地区更为明显。该综合征死亡人数的时间序列似乎存在周期性模式。对这种周期性变化以及近期与其他变量相关的下降情况进行进一步调查是值得的。在经历了数年新生儿期因该综合征和其他原因导致的死亡人数呈相反趋势之后，1990年和1991年这两类死亡人数均显著下降。
