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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of infants who are put to sleep on their backs — MICH‑14 Data

Most Recent Data:
81.4 percent (2021)

Target:
88.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
78.7 percent of infants born in 2016 were put to sleep on their backs

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Infants put to sleep on their backs, 2016-2021 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
78.7
79.7
CI 79.2 / 80.3
SE 0.277
79.8
CI 79.2 / 80.4
SE 0.297
80.3
CI 79.7 / 80.9
SE 0.305
81.4
CI 80.8 / 82.0
SE 0.315