>Heather said,
>
><< I wouldn't bet on it!  In fact, I would expect that 'furniture' deaths, the
> deaths caused by the fact the baby was entrapped, or suffocated on the
> mattress (as in water bed), would be at a much higher rate in the adult
> bed.
>
> Why? because a crib is designed  and made to prevent accidental entrapment
> or suffocation of a baby, whereas an adult bed is not. >>
>
>In point of fact, Heather, the CPSC noted that the number of deaths per year
>in cribs that are "furniture related" is 50/year.

>  The number of infant
>deaths per year in adult beds (and we have no idea if they were with another
>person in the bed or not) that was furniture/bedding related was 49.

But I said *rate* not *number*.  That is a vital distinction - I cannot
overstate its importance. The number on its own is irrelevant.
>
>So, if you take non-furniture related deaths out of the equation, the number
>of deaths in each place is about equal.

Yes - but the *rate* of deaths is not, if we assume there are more
baby-hours spent in a crib than an adult bed in the under twos. In fact, my
money is safe, if I still bet on the rate of furniture deaths being lower
among crib-sleeping babies.

In fact, it's probably far lower.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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