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"crib death" does not mean

But remember that babies don't die of crib death in Great
Britain - they die of a similar event referred to as
cot-death. I am glad we did not use a cot for our kids!
g barden

"Michael L. Webster" wrote:
>
> Not to necessarily take sides, however just because SIDS is also known as
> "crib death" does not mean that all SIDS cases have occurred in cribs.  Your
> statistics do not seem to specify that the 2705 deaths occurred in cribs, or
> that none of those cases classified as SIDS occurred in adult beds.
>
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> Michael L. Webster, MD, FAAP  (Mike)
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> Erie, PA