Children victims of SUDI

The statistics for sudden unexpected death of an infant (SUDI) (in the first 6 months of age) in New Zealand is around 60 per year, half of these are from bed sharing and around 20 of those deaths each year occur in south Auckland largely in Moari, Pacific Island and low income families. A case of infant death from bed sharing has occured recently and lead to a coroner stating that this is another form of child abuse. The parents of this child would normally place the baby on their double bed on its stomach with its arms up beside its head and resting on a tri pillow facing its mother. A pathologist gave the cause of death as position asphyxia, which may have occurred when the baby slipped down its pillow and its face became covered by soft bedding. The parents had pushed two mattresses together which may have caused more unstability to the already unstable bedding for an ifant. Bed sharing SUDI is completely preventable, and parents should not need to lose their children this way.
Is this a lack of education and information given to parents pre and post birth, or is it plain disregard for child safety because it is more convenient for the parents?
Is the death of a child any less than the death of an adult who is killed accidently or purposely by another human being?

Coroner condemns bed sharing after another baby dies. (2013, May 15). New Zealand. Retrieved from www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10883725