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Fact Sheet - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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  • Binge drinking (5 or more drinks at a time) during a mother's first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an 8-fold increase in the odds that the infant will die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
  • Babies whose mothers smoke during their pregnancy are more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) than those babies whose mothers did not smoke.


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