More risk factors for sids SIDS rates are highest for African Americans and American Indians and lowest for Asians and Hispanics. The rates of SIDS among African Americans, American Indians, and Alaska natives are more than double that of Caucasian infants.Some researchers hypothesize that a cultural preference for putting babies to sleep on their stomach puts certain groups at higher risk. Being a boy Boys of all ethnicities are at slightly higher risk than girls, by a ratio of 1.5 to 1.123 Michelle
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