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Infants Who Are Put on Their Backs to Sleep by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2003 to 2020

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Year2003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100.0%Estimated Percentage of MothersInfants Who Are Put on Their Backs to Sleep by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2003 to 2020WhiteBlackHispanicAsian
Race/Ethnicity, New JerseyYearEstimated Percentage of Mothers95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper Limit

White

 1White2003200369.2%
 1White2004200469.8%66.2%73.1%
 1White2005200570.6%66.9%74.1%
 1White2006200676.4%73.0%79.5%
 1White2007200773.4%69.4%77.0%
 1White2008200878.0%74.1%81.4%
 1White2009200973.7%69.6%77.5%
 1White2010201076.1%72.0%79.7%
 1White2011201181.6%77.6%85.0%
 1White2012201280.0%75.2%84.1%
 1White2013201376.8%71.4%81.5%
 1White2014201478.9%74.5%82.8%
 1White2015201580.8%76.2%84.7%
 1White2016201680.5%76.1%84.2%
 1White2017201785.1%81.0%88.4%
 1White2018201885.7%81.5%89.0%
 1White2019201984.3%79.8%87.9%
 1White2020202084.0%79.3%87.8%

Black

 2Black2003200337.8%
 2Black2004200443.7%38.5%49.1%
 2Black2005200543.0%37.6%48.5%
 2Black2006200638.4%33.2%43.8%
 2Black2007200738.6%32.8%44.7%
 2Black2008200840.6%34.2%47.3%
 2Black2009200943.2%36.7%49.9%
 2Black2010201048.8%42.3%55.4%
 2Black2011201146.6%39.8%53.6%
 2Black2012201249.6%41.8%57.4%
 2Black2013201354.9%47.1%62.5%
 2Black2014201453.9%47.0%60.6%
 2Black2015201558.3%50.9%65.3%
 2Black2016201652.5%45.1%59.8%
 2Black2017201756.2%48.9%63.2%
 2Black2018201862.6%55.3%69.5%
 2Black2019201954.8%46.8%62.5%
 2Black2020202056.2%48.7%63.3%

Hispanic

 3Hispanic2003200342.1%
 3Hispanic2004200448.5%43.9%53.1%
 3Hispanic2005200548.9%44.3%53.4%
 3Hispanic2006200652.4%47.9%57.0%
 3Hispanic2007200750.0%44.6%55.4%
 3Hispanic2008200855.5%49.9%60.9%
 3Hispanic2009200961.0%55.5%66.2%
 3Hispanic2010201060.7%55.1%66.0%
 3Hispanic2011201156.2%50.8%61.6%
 3Hispanic2012201263.5%57.1%69.4%
 3Hispanic2013201359.1%52.1%65.8%
 3Hispanic2014201461.3%55.7%66.5%
 3Hispanic2015201557.3%51.6%62.7%
 3Hispanic2016201660.2%55.0%65.2%
 3Hispanic2017201766.6%61.3%71.6%
 3Hispanic2018201858.2%52.7%63.4%
 3Hispanic2019201962.0%56.6%67.2%
 3Hispanic2020202063.6%58.1%68.9%

Asian

 4Asian2003200367.2%
 4Asian2004200471.2%65.9%75.9%
 4Asian2005200571.4%66.3%75.9%
 4Asian2006200678.3%73.7%82.3%
 4Asian2007200773.4%68.1%78.1%
 4Asian2008200872.4%67.0%77.3%
 4Asian2009200975.1%69.6%79.9%
 4Asian2010201075.0%69.5%79.7%
 4Asian2011201178.8%73.6%83.1%
 4Asian2012201276.7%70.6%81.9%
 4Asian2013201381.8%74.6%87.3%
 4Asian2014201481.6%75.8%86.2%
 4Asian2015201579.8%73.6%84.8%
 4Asian2016201671.3%65.1%76.8%
 4Asian2017201775.7%69.6%81.0%
 4Asian2018201877.0%70.6%82.4%
 4Asian2019201978.0%71.3%83.6%
 4Asian2020202077.1%70.6%82.6%

Why Is This Important?

Placing babies on their backs to sleep reduces the risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths, collectively termed Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

Definition

Self-reported practice of putting infants on their backs to sleep

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective MCH-6.

Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic includes all individuals who list their ethnicity as Hispanic regardless of race.

Confidence intervals not available for 2003 data.

Data Source

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/mchepi/prams/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of mothers who put their infants on their backs to sleep

  • Denominator:

    Number of mothers who responded to the survey

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Indicator Data Last Updated On 11/05/2021, Published on 02/08/2024
Maternal and Child Health, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, email: https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/contact.shtml (https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/mchepi/)