SUID Rates by Race and Ethnicity, 2018-2023

Purpose

Understand sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) rates by race and ethnicity during 2018—2023.

SUID rates by race and ethnicity, 2018-2023

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data.

This line chart shows SUID rates by race and ethnicity in the United States from 2018 through 2023.

Overall, during 2018—2023:

• SUID rates per 100,000 live births were highest among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native infants (209.7 in 2018 and 252.3 in 2023) and non-Hispanic Black infants (187.7 in 2018 to 236.2 in 2023) and non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander infants* (263.8 in 2018 and 197.7 in 2022).
• SUID rates per 100,000 live births for non-Hispanic infants of more than one race were 169.3 in 2018 and 185.4 in 2023.
• SUID rates per 100,000 live births were lowest among non-Hispanic White infants (81.2 in 2018 and 82.1 in 2023), Hispanic infants (55.2 in 2018 and 58.7 in 2023), and non-Hispanic Asian infants (27.0 in 2018 in 26.4 in 2023).

*When the number of deaths is

Aug. 13, 2026

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Published: September 16, 2024

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