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1. SIDS is the sudden, unexplained death of an infant in the first year of life.
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2. SIDS stands for Secondary Infant Death Syndrome.
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False

3. SIDS is sometimes called crib death.
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False

4. Most SIDS deaths occur when a baby is between 1 and 4 months old.
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5. Placing infants to sleep on their backs greatly reduces the risk of SIDS.
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False

6. It is possible to predict which infants will die from SIDS.
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False

7. SIDS is the major cause of death in babies from 1 month to 1 year of age.
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Source(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development U.S. Public Health Service Readability: Flesch-Kincaide Grade Level: 4.2 Reading Ease: 85.7

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