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Reduction in SIDS Rates Helps Bring Low Infant Mortality

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala announced that deaths due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) fell 30 percent between 1992 and 1995. Learn more about how this SIDS reduction affected infant mortality rates.