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Why do babies of solo parents have a very high cot death rate?

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Why do babies of solo parents have a very high cot death rate?

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For economic reasons, solo parents are more likely to sleep their babies on previously used mattresses which they have acquired secondhand. The risk of cot death increases as a mattress is re-used from one baby to the next.