• Every year 3,600 babies die of SIDS and accidental suffocation

    Safe Sleep Saves Lives

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First Candle is committed to ending Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths while providing bereavement support to families who have experienced a loss.

This has been our role for more than 35 years. In 1994 we partnered with the National Institutes of Health on the Back to Sleep campaign, which led to a reduction in the rate of SIDS by more than 50%.

Despite this, sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), which includes SIDS and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB), remains the leading cause of death for babies one month to one year of age. Due to SUID more than 300 babies every month may not live to see their first birthday. Infant mortality rates in the U.S. are also higher than in the 20 wealthiest nations.

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STRAIGHT TALK
ON SAFER SLEEP

Many infant deaths are preventable and, by following the safe sleep recommendations developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is our goal to dramatically reduce this number.

How First Candle Can Help

Our objective is clear: saving babies and supporting families.

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