SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME:
Clipboard researched by Susan Davis Greene and Rick VanderKnyff / Los Angeles Times. Graphics by Doris Shields / Los Angeles Times
Fatalities, 1983-’87
1983: Males: 32 Females: 22 1984: Males: 18 Females: 12 1985: Males: 33 Females: 13 1986: Males: 17 Females: 13 1987: Males: 19 Females: 14 Cases by age, 1987*
Age Group Male Female Total 1 month 3 3 6 2 months 5 4 9 3 months 2 2 4 4 months 5 2 7 5 months 2 1 3 6 months 2 1 3 9 months 0 1 1 TOTAL 19 14 33
* Most recent information available
Source: State of California, Department of Health Service; Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department
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