In brief
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Causes of death in France among infants aged 28 days to 1 year
Favorable opinion from the Registry Evaluation Committee
The OMIN registry received a favorable opinion from the Registry Evaluation Committee (CER) in January 2021, valid for a period of five years.
The syndrome
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of 1. Santé publique France contributes to the surveillance of SIDS in France.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Definition
“Sudden infant death” (SID) is defined as “the sudden death of a previously healthy child aged 1 month to 1 year, when nothing in the child’s known medical history or the circumstances surrounding the event could have predicted it” [1]. Death most often...
What We Do
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of 1. Santé publique France contributes to the surveillance of SIDS in France.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death in France among infants aged 28 days to 1 year, claiming the lives of 250 to 350 children under the age of 2 each year. Several risk factors may contribute to this. Following several national prevention campaigns, the number of...
Data
The OMIN registry has conducted an initial assessment of the infant mortality rate in France over a five-year period (2016–2020) based on data collected by reference centers. Each year in France, the OMIN registry has recorded an average of 210 cases of sudden infant death.
Publications
Here you will find the latest scientific publications related to the studies and research conducted by Santé publique France.
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