Sudden Unexplained Childhood Deaths Potentially Linked to Seizures

Published on January 9, 2024

New research on sudden unexplained childhood death (SUDC) suggests the heartbreaking phenomenon that killed 2,900 children under the age of 4 in 2021 in the United States may be a result of seizures. SUDC is different from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). SUDC is not a diagnosis but a cause of death used for someone between 12 months and 18 years old who has died from unknown circumstances. Elisabeth Haas, who has a master’s in public health, writes that SIDS is much more common, with a death rate of 38.7 per 100,000 live births; SUDC has a death rate of 1 to 1.4 per 100,000 live births. Common risk factors for SIDS, such as tobacco smoke exposure, bed-sharing, and having an infant sleep on its stomach, historically have not been risk factors for SUDC....

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