EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – El Paso County Public Health is launching a new campaign to prevent infant deaths after alarming data revealed unsafe sleeping environments are the leading cause of death for local babies.
Between 2014 and 2023, the El Paso County Child Fatality Review Team reviewed 80 infant deaths tied to unsafe sleep. Officials say more than half of those happened in the first three months of life.
“That’s a huge, significant impact of loss in our community. And the important emphasis there is that these are mostly preventable deaths,” said Emma Bernick, Injury & Violence Prevention Planner at El Paso County Public Health…