"He devised a 'cumulative mortality model' for breastfeeding and
bed-sharing that extrapolated from the ECAS data-set (i.e. were modelled
mathematically, not actual odds ratios). The outcome was a prediction that
the cumulative rate of SIDS among bed-sharing breastfeeders up to age 6
months was 2 in 10,000 infants. In comparison the predicted cumulative rate
for non-bed- sharing breastfeeders was 1 in 10,000. For what he termed
'bottle-fed' infants the predicted cumulative rate was 4 in 10,000 for
non-bed-sharers and 11 in 10,000 for bed-sharers. This is against a backdrop
of a general SIDS rate in the UK of 1 in 2000."

I'll have a go ...  Artificial feeding quadruples the risk of SIDS in
non-bed sharing infants.   In bed sharing infants, those who are not
breastfed are more than 5 times more likely to die of SIDS.  Now there are
some scary stats.

Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Got Milk? The influence of toddler formula advertising on
infant feeding attitudes perceptions and beliefs"

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