Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young

Overview

CDC funds the SUID (Sudden Unexpected Infant Death) and SDY (Sudden Death in the Young) Case Registry Coordinating Center. It helps to improve data quality in SUID and SDY case surveillance.

CDC collaborates with organizations and subject matter experts to create guidelines and training materials for standardizing SUID and SDY death investigations.

SUID and SDY surveillance

The SUID and SDY Case Registry gathers information about young people who die suddenly and unexpectedly. Babies, children, and young adults up to age 20 are included in the registry.

The SUID and SDY Case Registry supports programs monitoring these causes of death in 32 states and jurisdictions. The registry builds on the child death review program.

The SUID and SDY Case Registry Data Coordinating Center also provides autopsy and investigation tools for death investigators.

SUID investigation reporting form

The SUID investigation reporting form (SUIDIRF) is a tool that states and jurisdictions can use to standardize data collected about sleep-related infant deaths. Standardized data helps to improve classification of these deaths. Using SUIDIRF is voluntary.

• SUIDIRF
• How to use the SUIDIRF
• Additional forms for more complicated scenes

Additional resources

• Child Death Review: The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention
• Infant Death Investigation: Guidelines for the Scene Investigator