Table 1. Decedent Characteristics.
| Age, days | |
| Mean (SEM) | 137 (21) |
| Median | 100 |
| Range | 1–488 |
| Sex distribution | |
| Males, n (%) | 21 (70.0%) |
| Race | |
| African American, n (%) | 12 (40.0%) |
| Caucasian, n (%) | 16 (53.3%) |
| Hispanic, n (%) | 2 (6.7%) |
| Cause of death | |
| SIDS, n (%) | 15 (50.0%) |
| Others, n (%) | 15 (50.0%) |
| Asphyxia | 1 |
| Asthma | 1 |
| Bronchopneumonia | 4 |
| Cardiac Arrhythmia | 1 |
| Congenital Heart Defects | 2 |
| Complications of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia | 1 |
| Dehydration | 1 |
| Drowning | 1 |
| Hyperthermia | 1 |
| Multiorgan failure | 1 |
| Pneumonia associated with meconium aspiration | 1 |
| Time interval between death and tissue collection, hours | |
| Mean (SEM) | 15.9 (1.1) |
| Median | 17.5 |
| Range | 2–23 |