Laut einer Studie mit 7.595 Todesfällen bei Säuglingen in den USA zwischen 2011 und 2020 wurden bei über drei Viertel der plötzlichen Todesfälle bei Säuglingen mehrere unsichere Schlafpraktiken festgestellt

>Of 7,595 infant deaths reviewed, almost 60% of the infants were sharing a sleep surface, such as a bed, when they died. This practice is strongly discouraged by sleep experts, who warn that a parent or other bed partner could unintentionally roll over and suffocate the baby.
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>Infants who died while sharing a sleep surface were typically younger (less than 3 months old), non-Hispanic Black, publicly insured, and either in the care of a parent at the time of death or being supervised by someone impaired by drugs or alcohol. These infants were typically found in an adult bed, chair or couch instead of the crib or bassinet recommended by sleep experts.

> Examining the registry allowed the researchers to obtain important insights on the prevalence of practices such as prenatal smoking, a known risk factor for SUID, and breastfeeding, which is thought to have a protective benefit. More than 36% of mothers of infants who died had smoked while pregnant. This percentage was higher among moms who bed shared than those who didn’t, 41.4% to 30.5%. Both bed sharers and non-bed sharers had breastfed at similar rates

Paper: [Characteristics of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths on Shared and Nonshared Sleep Surfaces | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/3/e2023061984/196646/Characteristics-of-Sudden-Unexpected-Infant-Deaths)

“The researchers note that it was rare for bedsharing to be the only risk factor present during a child’s death.”

I’m sorry, but doesn’t this mean that bed-sharing is not an independent risk factor? Isn’t that a bigger headline?