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Data and Confidence Limits for Prevalence of Infant Sleeping Position on Back, Utah and 18 Other States, 2000

States Percentage of Respondents Lower Limit Upper Limit
Alabama 51.4% 48.1% 54.6%
Alaska 66.8% 63.9% 69.7%
Arkansas 48.0% 44.4% 51.6%
Colorado 67.6% 64.9% 70.4%
Florida 52.5% 49.1% 56.0%
Hawaii 66.2% 64.1% 68.4%
Illinois 64.2% 61.8% 66.5%
Louisiana 41.5% 38.9% 44.1%
Maine 72.7% 69.6% 75.7%
Nebraska 66.0% 63.4% 68.5%
New Mexico 63.7% 61.1% 66.3%
New York 65.8% 62.3% 69.3%
North Carolina 56.5% 53.3% 59.7%
Ohio 66.5% 63.4% 69.7%
Oklahoma 55.7% 52.1% 59.4%
South Carolina 57.5% 53.4% 61.7%
Utah 74.9% 72.0% 77.9%
Washington 75.6% 72.5% 78.6%
West Virginia 55.7% 52.3% 59.0%
Record Count: 19

Data Notes

New York data do not include New York City.

Data Sources

Utah Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), Utah Department of Health.

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Definition

Percentage of respondents who reported full-term infants sleep on their backs.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of surveyed new mothers who reported that their full-term newborn infant sleeps on his or her back.
Denominator: Total number of survey respondents.

Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 11/15/2007


Maternal and Infant Health Program, Division of Family Health and Preparedness, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2002, Telephone: 801-538-9970, Fax: 801-358-9409, Website: health.utah.gov/mihp, Contact: Laurie Baksh, Email: lbaksh@utah.gov
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