An epidemiological survey of SIDS in the Sydney metropolitan area
| Autor: | David Edelman, W. G. Murrell, S. C. Anderson, P. Rahilly, C. C. O'neill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Urban Health Infant Sudden infant death syndrome Metropolitan area Sudden death Cold Temperature Linear relationship Socioeconomic Factors Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Epidemiology Humans Medicine Female New South Wales business Weather Sudden Infant Death Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 29:445-450 |
| ISSN: | 1034-4810 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb03017.x |
| Popis: | Records of 1049 cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (100%) in the Sydney metropolitan area (SMA) from 1980 to 1989 were analysed in relation to ambient temperature, geographical distribution and socio-economic scale. The SIDS rate varied between eastern and western Sydney and between statistical subdivisions; it peaked sharply in July, coinciding with the monthly mean minimum daily temperature (MMMDT; 6.5 and 5.4 degrees C, respectively). The inverse linear relationship between the SIDS rate and the MMMDT for the regions and the subdivisions was highly significant (P0.001). The SIDS rate showed a significant inverse linear relationship to two socio-economic scales (allotment and house value) for 82 of the 87 suburbs (94%) of the SMA. Temperature, indicative of cold weather, was the major factor determining SIDS rates, and this, together with socio-economic factors, largely explains the observed geographical distribution of SIDS rates in the SMA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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