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National study shows that abusive head trauma mortality in Sweden was at least 10 times lower than in other Western countries.

Jacob AnderssonIngemar Thiblin
Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2017)
The risk of unreported fatal AHT in Sweden was low, and there may have been cases misdiagnosed as AHT. The at least 10 times lower incidence than has been reported from other Western countries, raises the question if previously reported higher incidences of fatal AHT have been exaggerated.
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