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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (SIDS) , also known as '''cot death''' or cot '''crib death''', is the sudden unexplained [[death ]] of a child of less than one year of age.<ref name="nih2017">{{REFweb |url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sids |archived= |title=Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |trans-title= |language=English |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=National Institutes of Health |website=www.nichd.nih.gov/ |date=2017-01-31 |accessdate=2020-07-06 |format= |quote=}}</ref> SIDS remains the leading cause of infant death in many developed countries. There are around 2,700 babies who die from cot death every year in the US – and around 300 in the UK.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019">{{REFweb
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Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019"/>
The incidence of SIDS is higher in male infants as compared with female infants.
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