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The overall incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes is estimated at 1:50,000 per year, with male black basketball athletes at a higher risk of 1:11,000 per year.
Sudden cardiac death in athletes has an estimated incidence of 1:50,000 per year, with certain demographics like male black basketball athletes facing significantly higher risk.
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) during sport is frequently the first and the last manifestation of an unrecognised, underlying, often asymptomatic heart disease. Athletes are seen as one of the healthiest segments of the population. SCD in an athlete is always shocking and profoundly affects the communities where it occurs. As a result of the considerable media attention that often accompanies SCD in an athlete, it has been suggested that its prevalence is overestimated. However, in reality the incidence may still be higher than we think as SCD events occurring during recreational-leisure sports may be underreported. An overall incidence of 1:50 000 athletes per year is a reasonable estimate based on available retrospective cohort studies and prospective observational or cross-sectional studies with male black basketball athletes being at higher risk (1:11 000 athletes per year).
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Capelli et al. (2016) conducted a review in Sudden cardiac death in athletes. The overall incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes is estimated at 1:50,000 per year, with male black basketball athletes at a higher risk of 1:11,000 per year.
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