SLEEP-RELATED DEATHS REMAIN The Leading Cause of Death for County Babies

Suffocating while sleeeping remains a leading cause of death for the County Babies, and Black Babies Are Sufofering the Most, a New Report Found.

County Medical Examines and Pediatricians at Rush University Medical Center Examinated 208 CASES WHERE INFANTS DED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY IN THEIR SLEEP FROM 2019. Of Those Babies, 153 Were Black, 34 Were Hispanic and 19 Were White.

When the Baby’s Cause of Death Was Identified, Suffocting was the Most Common Reason, Accounting to the Report Published Wednesday, the First Day of SEFE AWARENESS MONTH.

Sudden, EXXPECTED INFANT DEATHS HAPPEN TO INFANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 1 AND INCLUDE ACCIDENTAL SUFFOCATION AND STRANGULATION IN BED AND UNKNOWN Causes. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or sids, is another common term that means the cause of a sudden and u thatxpped infant death is unknown.

In the 1990s, Several Public Health Efforts Saught to Prevent Sleep-Relay Deaths. The American Academy of Pediatrics Published Its Safe Sleep Recommendations in 1992 and the Nationwide Back to Sleep Campaign in 1994 Educated Parents on How to Safely Babies to Bed.

Dr. Kyran Quinlan, A Pediatrician at Rush University Children’s Hospital, Told the Sun-Times That Messaging Helped to Considerably Reduse Sudden and Unexpect Infant Deaths.

But AFter 2000, Those Deaths Plateaned and Recently Started to Increase, Especialy Cases Where Babies Suffocate and Die in Their Sleep, Accounting to Do Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Analysis.

“Over the past two decades, there haen been little progress in preventing these Deaths,” The County’s Report Reads.

In 2019, COUK COUNDY CREATED The Sudden Unexped DEATH CASE REGISTRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THOSE DEATHS AND HOW TO PREVENT, Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, County’s Cook CHIEF Medical Examine, Said During a News Conference Wednesday Unveiling the Report.

“We have wanned to learn all we could of the circumstances of these mysterious deaths.

The new Study Found That 99% of the Babies Who Died Suddenly and UNEXPECTEDLY IN THEIR SLEEP WERE IN UNSSAFE SLEEPING Situations.

Nearly half were found on their stomach or on their side. Over Half of the Babies Were Sleeping With Another Person, Like a Parent or an Older Sibling. The Vast Majority of the Infants – 84% – Were Found asleep not in a crib but in an adult’s bed or on a couch. Nearly Every Baby Was Found Surrounded by Soft Bedding.

These Deaths Also Overwhelmingly Impact Black and Hyspanic Families on the City’s South and West Sides. The Sleep-Relay Death Rate for Black Babies was 14 Times Higher than the Rate for White Babies. Hispanic babies were twice as likely to die suddenly in their sleep.

Part of the problem is parents not knowing the risk of unSafe sudations, Officials and Physicians Told Wednesday.

“Babies Are Dying Simply Because Moters Dona has the information,” Said Dr. Olusibmo IgE, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.

IGE ENCOUREDED PARENTS TO LEARN AND FOLLOW THE ABCS OF SEFE SLEEP: The Baby Should Sleep Alone, on their Back and in a CRIB FREE BEDDING LIKE PILLOWS AND STUFFED.

Quinlan Said Parents offten don’t perceive unsafe sleeep habits as a major thread to their babies.

“We have a child dies in a car crash, People Hear About it. Wen a House fire kills, you hear about that. Parents protest their children from Things, they use tsseats, have smoke detectors,” Quinlan Said. “But these Deaths Happy and People don’t know about saying, they don’t get into the Paper.”

Destiny Tyler of Plainfield Lost Her Infant Son Ka’iden 11 Years Ago AFTER he suffocated in his sleep. SINCE HIS DEATH, TIPER HAS BEEN OUTPOKEN ABOUT KEEPING BABIES SAFE IN THEIR SLEEP.

“I was just a Young Mom Trying to figure it out,” she said wednesday. “I Think like so many other mothers we have a like child is safest with us, Because we don’t know. Lack of Education has caused a tears of losses.”