The French language is perhaps most widely spoken outside of Europe in several African nations. Colonial conquests by France and Belgium led to the use of French as an official language or second tongue across wide swaths of Africa. The reach of the French language extends throughout 31 African countries.
About 1,500 infants died of SIDS in 2014. SIDS is the leading cause of death for infants aged 1 to 12 months. Unknown Cause. The sudden death of an infant less than 1 year old that remains undetermined because one or more parts of the investigation was not completed. Safe to Sleep CDC is working with the National Institutes of Health in its Safe to Sleep campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep campaign.
Even after Back to Sleep efforts helped cut the SIDS rate by more than half from 1994 to today, it is still the leading cause of death among U.S. infants aged 1 month to 1 year, with 2,300 cases annually. The latest research into SIDS is giving parents clearer guidelines for protecting babies during sleep. For example, a recent analysis of more than 1,400 SIDS cases found that having a baby sleep in the parentsâ bed increases the risk of SIDS by a factor of five for infants younger than 3 months old.