5-fold increase in sudden cardiac deaths of FIFA players in 2021
… Not 24 athletes, not 30, nor 75. Since December, 183 professional athletes and coaches have suddenly collapsed [ Real-Time News ]
… we only looked at data relating to deaths among athletes registered with FIFA
… “the risk of SCD is one in 50,000”
… “can expect about 5 deaths a year”
… during 2001-2020, 21 players have died so far this year
… about 5 times more than the annual average
… only likely to happen by chance about 2 in 1,000 times
…If we see 20 events in one year that’s 8 standard deviations from the mean, so 20 events is very very unusual
