Economic inequality kills babies

Since 1990s, UK government launched the "Back To Sleep" campaign in order to reduce the rate of infant death. As a cot death is a serious problem for every family, solving this problem will benefit a lot in medical society.

In BBC News, " Cot deaths advice 'did not reach deprived areas' " on 17 march 2012, it shows that cot death or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) that occurred to 1 in 500 live-born in the past, but after campaigned today its less than 1 in 2000 babies in UK die from SIDS. From the research in the article shows that the rate of infants' death in low deprived areas was dramatically decreasing in just two or three years after launching "Back To Sleep" campaign, on the other hand it's much slower in high deprived communities which took 10 to 15 years in order to get the same low rate as the low deprived one. However, Ian Currie, from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that the high deprived areas need extra help and more good access to their society


In my opinion, i feel good to born in Asia because after reading this article i found out that if you change the babies sleeping position it helps infant not to die by sudden infant death syndrome and normally Asian babies will sleep with their parents by this sleeping habit it will keep babies not to sleep too deep at night. On the other hand, the European or American will sleep in another room separated from their parents and its too quiet finally they may die by SIDS.

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References 

Cot deaths advice 'did not reach deprived areas'. BBC News (2012, March 17), retrieved 17 march, 2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17398728.