Table 3.

Known SIDS Risk Factors Associated with SIDS Cases in Dataset of Stage 2.

Variable	SIDS (n = 28)
Male gender	46.0% (13/28)
African American	13.0% (3/22)
Preterm Birth*	32.1% (9/28)
Prone sleep position**	54.1% (13/24)
Side sleep position**	12.5% (3/24)
Found face-down**	40.9% (9/22)
Bed sharing	21.4% (6/28)
Adult bed	52.6% (10/19)
Minor illness within week of death	37.0% (10/27)

^*Preterm birth: <37 gestational wks at birth;

^**Position found at time of discovery of death. Of note, 20.8% (5/24) of SIDS infants were found in the supine (non-risky) sleep position at discovery.