A few years ago I was asked to code some SIDS coroner's reports to 
prepare them for data entry. It wasn't part of my assignment to 
question the diagnosis, but I noticed that nearly every case was, to 
me, explainable.

Eg a 5 week-old formula-fed baby had not been seen or fed for at 
least 8.5 hours (yet another risk factor from formula feeding = the 
lack of overfull breasts which awaken mom), and her GI tract and 
bladder were completely empty. Despite being outside the usual age 
range for SIDS, and fairly obvious dx of dehydration/starving, the 
coroner called this SIDS.

Eg what looked to me from the report like an obvious reaction to a 
vaccine. I took it upon myself to look up the child in the VAERS 
(Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) website, and he was indeed 
listed there. Yet the coroner called this SIDS.

Especially when combined with the many cases of truly unexplained 
deaths which occur in a parent's bed that are called death by 
overlaying, I am totally sceptical of any statistics about SIDS, 
SUDI, or SUID.

Tina Kimmel, PhD, MSW, MPH, mom and grandmom
California

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