Brooklyn Marathon Required 💉 For All Runners. The Results? 16 Collapse And One Dies
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Granted this is full marathon and not half.
https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000555
A total of 3 292 268 participants were included in the analysis. There were 26 sudden cardiac deaths. Fifteen marathons had no deaths, six had one death and five (Boston, New York, Chicago, Honolulu and the MCM) had more than one; New York reported two deaths in 1994.
The average age of the fatalities was 41 years. Eighty-one per cent (21) of those who died were men. Five deaths occurred in people who had completed a marathon before. There were autopsy results on 24; 21 had coronary artery disease. Coronary anomalies were noted in two. Electrolyte abnormalities were thought to be significant in four and heat stroke in one. Most died within a mile of the finish line (online supplementary appendix figure 1). The overall risk of a fatality, as estimated by this paper, was 0.79/100 000 or 1 death for every 126 626 finishers.
Thank you. I could have searched it but work has been a little busy today
Good info. Thanks
yeah that 1/126626 is a high estimate to say the least.