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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of infants who are put to sleep on their backs — MICH‑14

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
81.4 percent (2021)

Target:
88.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
78.7 percent of infants born in 2016 were put to sleep on their backs

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Increase the proportion of infants who are put to sleep on their backs

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Sources:  Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), CDC/NCCDPHP; California's Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA), CDPH

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Summary

Putting infants to sleep on their backs reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Although rates of SIDS have fallen over the last few decades, SIDS is still the leading cause of death in infants aged 28 days and over. Teaching caregivers about safe sleep practices is key to increasing the proportion of infants put to sleep on their backs.

Topics:  Infants, Sleep

Workgroup: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Workgroup

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