The nurse is teaching a peer group regarding the risks associated with infants who die of sudden infant death syndrome. Of the following infants, the nurse would teach that which infant is most likely to be at risk for SIDS?
A) A low birth-weight baby girl born in March to a middle-class, 25-year-old nonsmoker who has another child
B) An average-weight baby boy born in January to a poor, 16-year-old who has never smoked and has no other children
C) A low birth-weight baby boy born in November to a wealthy, educated, 19-year-old smoker who has no other children
D) An average-weight baby boy born in April to a poor, 27-year-old who has never smoked and has one other child
C
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