Editing Infant mortality (section)

=== Vaccinations ===
The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) defines infants as those 1 month of age to 1 year of age.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2021 |title=Center of Disease Control and Development: Child Development |url=https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/infants.html |website=CDC.gov}}</ref> For these infants, the CDC recommends the following vaccinations: [[Hepatitis B]] (HepB), [[Rotavirus]] (RV), [[Haemophilus influenzae|Haemophilus Influenzae type B]] (HIB), [[Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine|Pneumococcal Conjugate]] (PCV13), [[Polio|Inactivated Poliovirus]] (IPV < 18 yrs), [[Influenza]], [[Chickenpox|Varicella]], [[Measles]], [[Mumps]], [[Rubella]] (MMR), and [[Diphtheria]], [[tetanus]], [[Whooping cough|acellular pertussis]] (DTapP < 7yrs).<ref name="cdcgov">{{Cite web |title=CDC Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/child/0-18yrs-child-combined-schedule.pdf |website=CDC.gov}}</ref> Each of these vaccinations are given at particular age ranges depending on the vaccination and are required to be done in a series of 1 to 3 doses over time depending on the vaccination.<ref name="cdcgov" />

The efficacy of these vaccinations can be seen immediately following their introduction to society.<ref name="who-2008">{{Cite web |title=WHO {{!}} Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide |url=https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040089/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227011328/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040089/en/ |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=WHO}}</ref> Following the advent of the [[Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine|Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine]] (PCV13) in the United States in the year 2000, the [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization (WHO)]] reports studies done in 2004 had shown a 57% decline in invasive{{efn|Invasive meaning cultured from a normally sterile site}} penicillin resistant strains of the disease and a 59% reduction in [[multi drug resistant]] strains.<ref name="who-2008" /> This reduction was even greater for children under 2 years of age with studies finding an 81% reduction in those same strains.<ref name="who-2008" />

As mentioned in a previous section,{{efn|Causes: [[Infant mortality#Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)|SIDS]]}} [[SIDS|sudden infant death syndrome]] (SIDS) is the leading cause of infant mortality between 1 month and 1 year of age.<ref name="cdc.gov" /> Immunizations, when given in accordance to proper guidelines, have shown to reduce the risk of SIDS by 50%.<ref name="moon-2016" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Immunization safety review measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism |vauthors=Stratton KR |date=2001 |publisher=National Academy Press |isbn=0-309-07447-9 |oclc=928430099}}</ref> For this reason, the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Center for Disease Control]] (CDC) both recommend immunizations in accordance to their guidelines.<ref name="moon-2016" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Immunizations |url=http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/immunizations/Pages/Immunizations-home.aspx |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=AAP.org |language=en-US}}</ref>