SUDC Foundation

Facts About Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood

• Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) is a category of death in children between the ages of 1 and 18 that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation, including an autopsy.

• Most often, a seemingly healthy child goes to sleep and never wakes up.

• At this time, we do not know what causes SUDC, how to predict it or how to prevent it.

• A medical examiner or coroner could rule a child’s death SUDC when s/he completes a thorough evaluation and finds no other cause of death.

• See the National Organization for Rare Disorders' report on SUDC.

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