Sudden infant death syndrome (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Sudden infant death syndromel> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vital registration systems, as submitted to the World Health Organisation. Underlying cause of death is listed as coded by the relevant national authority. Death registration coverage and cross-national differences in coding practices, particularly in the use of codes for ill-defined and unknown causes, must be taken into account to validly compare mortality rates for specific causes across countries. Great caution should therefore be taken when doing inter-country comparisons. The "mortality" statistics listed here are therefore best thought of as an indication of the data being recorded by various nations, rather than as an accurate indicator of real causes of death.

Mortality Statistics > Sudden infant death syndrome (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

United States:

2,523 deaths

# 2

Germany:

429 deaths

# 3

Japan:

363 deaths

# 4

Brazil:

318 deaths

# 5

Argentina:

303 deaths

# 6

Mexico:

261 deaths

# 7

South Africa:

164 deaths

# 8

Chile:

144 deaths

# 9

Canada:

121 deaths

# 10

Australia:

103 deaths

# 11

Korea, South:

87 deaths

# 12

Spain:

70 deaths

= 13

Ecuador:

65 deaths

= 13

Egypt:

65 deaths

# 15

New Zealand:

62 deaths

# 16

Paraguay:

56 deaths

# 17

Colombia:

45 deaths

# 18

Poland:

43 deaths

= 19

Austria:

32 deaths

= 19

United Kingdom:

32 deaths

# 21

Nicaragua:

30 deaths

# 22

Sweden:

28 deaths

= 23

Uruguay:

26 deaths

= 23

Venezuela:

26 deaths

= 25

Netherlands:

25 deaths

= 25

Peru:

25 deaths

# 27

Israel:

24 deaths

# 28

Hungary:

22 deaths

= 29

Kyrgyzstan:

20 deaths

= 29

Norway:

20 deaths

# 31

Denmark:

19 deaths

= 32

Dominican Republic:

17 deaths

= 32

Latvia:

17 deaths

# 34

Czech Republic:

15 deaths

# 35

Kuwait:

14 deaths

= 36

Finland:

13 deaths

= 36

Croatia:

13 deaths

# 38

Romania:

11 deaths

# 39

Lithuania:

10 deaths

# 40

Cuba:

8 deaths

# 41

Slovakia:

7 deaths

= 42

Costa Rica:

6 deaths

= 42

Belize:

6 deaths

= 44

Moldova:

4 deaths

= 44

Estonia:

4 deaths

= 44

Qatar:

4 deaths

= 44

Bahrain:

4 deaths

= 44

Puerto Rico:

4 deaths

# 49

Luxembourg:

3 deaths

= 50

Panama:

2 deaths

= 50

Malta:

2 deaths

= 50

Barbados:

2 deaths

= 53

Iceland:

1 deaths

= 53

Bahamas, The:

1 deaths

= 53

El Salvador:

1 deaths

= 53

Slovenia:

1 deaths

Total:

5,721 deaths

Weighted average:

102.2 deaths

DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Sudden infant death syndromel> The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vital registration systems, as submitted to the World Health Organisation. Underlying cause of death is listed as coded by the relevant national authority. Death registration coverage and cross-national differences in coding practices, particularly in the use of codes for ill-defined and unknown causes, must be taken into account to validly compare mortality rates for specific causes across countries. Great caution should therefore be taken when doing inter-country comparisons. The "mortality" statistics listed here are therefore best thought of as an indication of the data being recorded by various nations, rather than as an accurate indicator of real causes of death.

SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System

Mortality Statistics > Sudden infant death syndrome (most recent) by country

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