What is Infant Death?

What is Infant Death?

• Infant Death: The death of an infant.
• Infant Death: sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Infant Death: Introduction

Types of Infant Death:

Types of Infant Death:

• SIDS
• more types...»

Broader types of Infant Death:

• Death
• Infant health conditions
• Death conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Infant Death?

Incidence (annual) of Infant Death: 2,648 annual cases (NVSR Sep 2001); 7.1 per 1,000 infant deaths (per births) in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
Incidence Rate of Infant Death: approx 1 in 102,719 or 0.00% or 2,648 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Infant Death?

Deaths for Infant Death: 2,648 annual cases (NVSR Sep 2001); 7.1 per 1,000 infant deaths (per births) in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Infant Death?

Causes of Infant Death: see causes of Infant Death
Risk factors for Infant Death: see risk factors for Infant Death

What are the symptoms of Infant Death?

Symptoms of Infant Death: see symptoms of Infant Death

Can anyone else get Infant Death?

More information: see contagiousness of Infant Death
Inheritance: see inheritance of Infant Death

Infant Death: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Infant Death.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Infant Death.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Infant Death: Obstetrician, Neonatologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Infant Death.
Treatments for Infant Death: see treatments for Infant Death
Research for Infant Death: see research for Infant Death

Organs Affected by Infant Death:

Organs and body systems related to Infant Death include:

• Body

Name and Aliases of Infant Death

Main name of condition: Infant Death

Sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, Crib death, Cot death
Source - WordNet 2.1

Infant Death: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Infant Death:

• Intrauterine death
• Sudden infant death death syndrome
• Maternal smoking
• Passive smoking
• Congenital enzyme disorders
• Cot death syndrome
• Non accidental injury
• Perinatal mortality
• Neonatal mortality
• Postneonatal mortality
• Child
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Child mortality
• Pneumonia
• Congenital malformation

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