Deaths from sudden infant death syndrome on public holidays and weekends

E A Mitchell; A W Stewart

doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.1988.tb01646.x

Deaths from sudden infant death syndrome on public holidays and weekends

Aust N Z J Med. 1988 Dec;18(7):861-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1988.tb01646.x.

Authors

E A Mitchell¹, A W Stewart

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, NZ.

PMID: 3250410
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1988.tb01646.x

Abstract

Deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) between 1979 and 1984 were tabulated by month for weekdays, weekends and public holidays. Examination of deaths by day of the week showed the weekend had more deaths than the weekdays (chi 2 = 26.3, df = 6, p = 0.0002) and that this pattern occurred in both the under three months and three-11 months age group. There were 40 deaths on the 78 public holidays in the six years under study. Modelling the data showed that there was no difference between the number of deaths on holidays compared to weekends.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Holidays*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
New Zealand
Respiratory Tract Diseases / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Diseases / mortality
Retrospective Studies
Seasons
Sudden Infant Death / epidemiology*
Time Factors