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

National Status: Improving

  
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Most Recent Data:
81.2 percent (2022)

National Target:
88.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National 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, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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
81.2
CI 80.5 / 81.9
SE 0.369

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Race/Ethnicity (of mother), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
 ---
76.3
CI 61.7 / 65.1
SE 2.088
78.8
CI 74.1 / 82.8
SE 2.238
82.0
CI 77.9 / 85.4
SE 1.902
85.9
CI 82.8 / 88.5
SE 1.448
81.8
CI 76.3 / 86.3
SE 2.541
Asian only
 ---
83.2
CI 81.1 / 85.1
SE 1.020
81.2
CI 78.9 / 83.3
SE 1.111
82.8
CI 80.5 / 84.8
SE 1.093
83.2
CI 80.8 / 85.4
SE 1.171
83.2
CI 80.6 / 85.5
SE 1.254
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
 ---
75.8
CI 64.2 / 84.5
SE 5.197
74.8
CI 62.4 / 84.1
SE 5.590
69.6
CI 59.9 / 77.8
SE 4.603
65.9
CI 53.1 / 76.7
SE 6.103
69.4
CI 56.2 / 80.0
SE 6.163
Black or African American only
 ---
63.4
CI 61.7 / 65.1
SE 0.860
62.5
CI 60.7 / 64.3
SE 0.915
61.7
CI 59.9 / 63.6
SE 0.939
63.9
CI 61.9 / 65.8
SE 1.005
64.1
CI 61.8 / 66.3
SE 1.146
White only
 ---
83.4
CI 82.8 / 84.0
SE 0.315
83.9
CI 83.2 / 84.6
SE 0.338
84.7
CI 84.0 / 85.4
SE 0.352
85.3
CI 84.5 / 86.0
SE 0.364
85.3
CI 84.5 / 86.1
SE 0.431
2 or more races
 ---
81.1
CI 78.2 / 83.7
SE 1.419
78.9
CI 76.0 / 81.6
SE 1.422
79.1
CI 76.2 / 81.7
SE 1.410
80.5
CI 77.7 / 83.0
SE 1.331
79.0
CI 75.1 / 82.5
SE 1.881
Hispanic or Latino
 ---
75.2
CI 74.0 / 76.5
SE 0.628
76.3
CI 75.0 / 77.6
SE 0.667
75.8
CI 74.3 / 77.2
SE 0.733
77.0
CI 75.5 / 78.4
SE 0.744
77.5
CI 75.7 / 79.1
SE 0.869
Not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
81.2
CI 80.6 / 81.8
SE 0.307
80.9
CI 80.3 / 81.6
SE 0.330
81.9
CI 81.2 / 82.5
SE 0.323
83.0
CI 82.3 / 83.6
SE 0.337
82.6
CI 81.9 / 83.4
SE 0.390
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
77.3
CI 72.9 / 81.2
SE 2.130
79.3
CI 74.7 / 83.2
SE 2.178
82.5
CI 78.7 / 85.7
SE 1.799
86.1
CI 83.0 / 88.8
SE 1.484
82.9
CI 78.9 / 86.2
SE 1.861
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
83.1
CI 81.0 / 85.1
SE 1.028
81.2
CI 78.9 / 83.2
SE 1.118
82.7
CI 80.5 / 84.8
SE 1.102
83.0
CI 80.5 / 85.2
SE 1.191
83.2
CI 80.5 / 85.5
SE 1.274
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
75.4
CI 63.0 / 84.7
SE 5.574
75.7
CI 62.0 / 85.5
SE 6.041
67.1
CI 56.7 / 76.0
SE 4.981
65.5
CI 51.8 / 77.0
SE 6.563
72.5
CI 61.0 / 81.6
SE 5.309
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
63.8
CI 62.0 / 65.5
SE 0.882
62.3
CI 60.4 / 64.1
SE 0.943
61.9
CI 60.0 / 63.7
SE 0.964
64.1
CI 62.1 / 66.1
SE 1.034
63.5
CI 61.2 / 65.9
SE 1.197
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
85.8
CI 85.1 / 86.5
SE 0.340
86.1
CI 85.4 / 86.8
SE 0.362
87.4
CI 86.7 / 88.0
SE 0.347
87.6
CI 86.9 / 88.3
SE 0.367
87.6
CI 86.7 / 88.3
SE 0.415
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
 ---
80.5
CI 76.9 / 83.6
SE 1.707
79.2
CI 75.9 / 82.2
SE 1.620
80.2
CI 77.0 / 83.1
SE 1.563
81.1
CI 78.0 / 83.9
SE 1.494
79.3
CI 74.7 / 83.3
SE 2.197

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Age group (of mother), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
<18 years
 ---
69.8
CI 63.3 / 75.7
SE 3.179
72.6
CI 65.6 / 78.5
SE 3.305
62.1
CI 53.3 / 70.2
SE 4.349
64.6
CI 55.8 / 72.5
SE 4.287
64.9
CI 54.3 / 74.2
SE 5.143
18-39 years
 ---
79.8
CI 79.2 / 80.3
SE 0.284
79.7
CI 79.1 / 80.3
SE 0.306
80.5
CI 79.9 / 81.1
SE 0.309
81.5
CI 80.8 / 82.1
SE 0.323
81.3
CI 80.6 / 82.1
SE 0.378
18-24 years
 ---
73.5
CI 72.1 / 74.8
SE 0.689
73.2
CI 71.7 / 74.6
SE 0.731
74.2
CI 72.7 / 75.6
SE 0.749
73.3
CI 71.6 / 74.9
SE 0.833
74.5
CI 72.5 / 76.3
SE 0.970
25-39 years
 ---
81.7
CI 81.1 / 82.3
SE 0.306
81.6
CI 81.0 / 82.3
SE 0.332
82.2
CI 81.5 / 82.8
SE 0.336
83.6
CI 82.9 / 84.2
SE 0.344
83.0
CI 82.2 / 83.8
SE 0.407
40 years and over
 ---
81.2
CI 78.5 / 83.7
SE 1.329
84.2
CI 81.5 / 86.5
SE 1.285
80.9
CI 77.6 / 83.8
SE 1.577
84.7
CI 81.8 / 87.1
SE 1.343
81.8
CI 78.2 / 84.9
SE 1.715

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Educational attainment (of mother, 25 years and over), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Less than High school
 ---
71.2
CI 68.8 / 73.5
SE 1.198
71.2
CI 68.5 / 73.8
SE 1.355
70.2
CI 67.4 / 72.8
SE 1.375
71.8
CI 68.9 / 74.5
SE 1.421
70.5
CI 67.2 / 73.6
SE 1.645
High school
 ---
76.6
CI 75.1 / 78.1
SE 0.777
75.5
CI 73.9 / 77.2
SE 0.845
74.8
CI 73.1 / 76.5
SE 0.879
77.1
CI 75.3 / 78.8
SE 0.898
76.4
CI 74.4 / 78.4
SE 1.023
Some college or Associate degree
 ---
80.3
CI 79.2 / 81.4
SE 0.569
80.9
CI 79.7 / 82.1
SE 0.618
80.2
CI 78.9 / 81.5
SE 0.663
82.2
CI 80.8 / 83.5
SE 0.679
80.7
CI 78.9 / 82.4
SE 0.884
4-year college degree or more
 ---
87.1
CI 86.3 / 87.9
SE 0.387
87.3
CI 86.5 / 88.1
SE 0.408
88.8
CI 88.0 / 89.6
SE 0.401
89.0
CI 88.2 / 89.8
SE 0.420
88.9
CI 88.0 / 89.8
SE 0.474

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
<100
 ---
72.9
CI 71.7 / 74.0
SE 0.572
72.6
CI 71.4 / 73.9
SE 0.628
72.6
CI 71.3 / 73.9
SE 0.662
73.5
CI 72.0 / 74.9
SE 0.736
73.8
CI 72.2 / 75.4
SE 0.830
100-199
 ---
78.0
CI 76.8 / 79.3
SE 0.626
77.9
CI 76.5 / 79.2
SE 0.681
77.6
CI 76.1 / 79.0
SE 0.756
80.5
CI 79.1 / 81.9
SE 0.715
78.3
CI 76.5 / 80.1
SE 0.936
200-399
 ---
83.2
CI 81.9 / 84.4
SE 0.641
82.7
CI 81.4 / 84.0
SE 0.658
84.9
CI 83.6 / 86.1
SE 0.641
83.6
CI 82.0 / 85.1
SE 0.776
84.9
CI 83.0 / 86.6
SE 0.895
400+
 ---
90.1
CI 89.3 / 90.9
SE 0.406
90.4
CI 89.5 / 91.2
SE 0.429
91.0
CI 90.2 / 91.8
SE 0.410
91.6
CI 90.8 / 92.3
SE 0.402
91.6
CI 90.7 / 92.5
SE 0.450

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Health insurance status (of mother), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Insured
 ---
80.8
CI 80.2 / 81.3
SE 0.286
81.0
CI 80.3 / 81.5
SE 0.305
81.2
CI 80.6 / 81.8
SE 0.305
82.3
CI 81.7 / 83.0
SE 0.317
82.2
CI 81.4 / 82.9
SE 0.366
Private
 ---
84.8
CI 84.1 / 85.4
SE 0.335
85.3
CI 84.6 / 86.0
SE 0.348
86.2
CI 85.5 / 86.9
SE 0.354
87.0
CI 86.3 / 87.7
SE 0.366
87.1
CI 86.2 / 87.9
SE 0.428
Public
 ---
74.3
CI 73.3 / 75.3
SE 0.531
73.6
CI 72.5 / 74.7
SE 0.579
73.8
CI 72.7 / 74.9
SE 0.558
75.4
CI 74.3 / 76.6
SE 0.578
75.2
CI 73.9 / 76.5
SE 0.648
Uninsured
 ---
73.6
CI 71.6 / 75.4
SE 0.965
72.2
CI 70.1 / 74.3
SE 1.062
71.6
CI 68.8 / 74.3
SE 1.415
71.1
CI 68.0 / 74.1
SE 1.559
71.6
CI 67.8 / 75.1
SE 1.879

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Geographic location, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Geographic location
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Marital status (of mother, 18 years and over), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Married/​Cohabiting partner
 ---
83.4
CI 82.8 / 84.1
SE 0.323
83.8
CI 83.1 / 84.5
SE 0.345
84.6
CI 83.9 / 85.3
SE 0.354
85.5
CI 84.7 / 86.2
SE 0.367
85.2
CI 84.4 / 86.0
SE 0.428
Divorced, separated, widowed
 ---
73.8
CI 72.8 / 74.8
SE 0.502
73.6
CI 72.5 / 74.6
SE 0.534
73.6
CI 72.5 / 74.6
SE 0.548
74.9
CI 73.8 / 76.0
SE 0.569
74.5
CI 73.2 / 75.8
SE 0.674

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Country of birth (of mother), 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
US
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
Outside US
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Veteran status, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Veteran status
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Disability status, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Disability status
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Sexual orientation, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Sexual orientation
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Infants put to sleep on their backs by Gender identity, 2016-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Gender identity
 ---
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Disparity