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Statistics
The risk of SIDS in the following groups exceeds that of the general
population by as much as 5 to 10 times
- infants born weighing less than 3.5 pounds
- infants whose sibling died of SIDS
- infants exposed to cocaine, heroin or methadone during the pregnancy
- the second of succeeding child born to a teenage mother
- infants who have had an apparent life threatening event
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