Apparent SIDS in Lusaka, Zambia

This dataset contains supplementary tables including SAS code and dataset used for estimating the apparent burden of sudden unexplained infant deaths (SUID) in Lusaka, Zambia. The dataset is from verbal autopsies conducted on infants who died in Lusaka, Zambia, between 2017 and 2020 and was collected as part of the Zambian Pertussis/RSV Infant Mortality Estimation (ZPRIME) project. Using this dataset, we performed qualitative analysis of free text narratives of the final series of events leading to each infant’s death. Infants who were otherwise well with no antecedent illness prior to death and found dead in bed after a sleep episode were classified as SUID. Study oversight for ZPRIME was provided by the institutional review board of Boston University Medical Center and the University of Zambia (UNZA)