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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "SIDS is defined as the sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted."

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According to the CDC, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of children dying unexpectedly and without immediately apparent causes and is said to happen to an 3,700 infants annually.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined by the CDC as the sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted.

SIDS falls under Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) which is the unexplained death of a child before investigation and as well as SIDS can include infections and accidental suffocation.

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