Effect of COVID-19 on the mortality rates by age in the NFL
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https://doi.org/10.59614/acief42024139Keywords:
covid-19, mortality, NFLAbstract
This study analyzed whether there is a pattern of change in the distribution of mortality in NFL players and former players between the eight years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the four following years, in which COVID-19 has had a significant effect on the morbidity and mortality of the world population, and where a relative increase in mortality has been found in young adults. Through the analysis of mortality by age group on 1,217 players who died before the start of the pandemic and 697 who did so during it, a change in the distribution of mortality by age has not been confirmed. In this way, and although there has been debate in public opinion about the increase in premature deaths in the NFL, these are not significantly different than in the pre-pandemic period.
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