Re: Gender differences

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In article <D93tCE.3yu@midway.uchicago.edu>,
Christine Malcom <cmm9@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>In article <3q0a1o$qpk@triton.unm.edu>, Bryant <mycol1@unm.edu> wrote:
>>Estimates range up to 1 in 10 for the number of SIDS deaths which are
>>actually covert infanticides. (References upon request, as always.)
>
>This is not universally true. In Cook county (chicago and suburbs)
>the medical examiner's office investigates all unexplained (or
>unsatisfactorily explained) infant deaths that occur at home. In fact,
>one of the criteria
>for a SIDS diagnosis is that a complete autopsy fails to find a cause of
>death.
>

Very interesting; thank you. I'd be interested in learning of other
cities with such statutes/policies regarding SIDS.

Do you know what those postmortum investigations reveal in terms of
percentage of infant deaths which are actually infanticide?

Bryant

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