In today's Lancet, Peter Blair and colleagues1 report on successful prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Their results are based on a 20-year population-based study of all unexpected infant deaths in Avon, UK.
In the developed world, SIDS was responsible for more infant deaths beyond the neonatal period than any other cause.2 In retrospect, we should conclude that a SIDS pandemic prevailed. The dramatic decline in SIDS incidence shown by Blair and colleagues is a major public-health success. Similar successes have been noticed elsewhere.
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