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Table 3 Maximum of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) per 1000 live births per country-cluster (based on smoothed curves)

From: International time trends in sudden unexpected infant death, 1969–2012

 

Maximum of SIDS

Year of maximum

Cluster 1

 Australia

2.12

1984

 Austria

1.57

1988

 Belgium

2.01

1988

 Denmark

1.83

1986

 England & Wales

1.93

1985

 France

1.88

1988

 Ireland

2.31

1986

 New Zealand

3.93

1980

 Norway

2.09

1986

 Scotland

2.20

1986

 USA

1.59

1981

 West Germany

1.70

1987

Cluster 2

 Canada

1.30

1980

 Finland

0.57

1986

 Japan

0.39

1995

 Netherlands

1.04

1983

 Sweden

1.00

1987

 Switzerland

0.98

1989

Cluster 3

 Chile

0.53

2000

 Hungary

0.31

1998

 Poland

0.28

1990

 Uruguay

0.75

1998

Cluster 4

 Czech Republic

0.25

1993

 East Germany

0.74

1994

 Italy

0.13

1993

 Portugal

0.09

1986

 Spain

0.31

1992