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Table 1 Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) average annual rates per 1000 live births by race and ethnicity in the USA overall and for the 10 most populous cities, 2011–2017

From: Racial and ethnic disparities of sudden unexpected infant death in large US cities: a descriptive epidemiological study

 

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic

New York

0.030

0.220

0.110

Los Angeles

0.162–0.292a

1.967

0.446

Chicago

0.226

2.878

0.550

Houston

0.476

2.185

0.597

Phoenix

0.527

1.693

0.550

Philadelphia

0.811

2.484

0.891

San Antonio

0.829

2.339

0.856

San Diego

0.126–0.226a

0.686–1.236 a

0.626

Dallas

0.563

2.739

0.509

San Jose

0.060–0.239 a

0.475–1.898 a

0.409

USA

0.847

1.795

0.522

  1. aFor Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, the number of SUIDs was suppressed for some categories due to small cell size. In these situations, the range of possible SUID rates was calculated
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Injury Epidemiology

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