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34 cases of sudden unexpected non-violent deaths between 1 and 19 years in a north Spain county from 1990 to…
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Incidence data inform surveillance of sudden youth deaths; leaves open whether expanded etiologic workup improves prevention.
Sudden unexpected non-violent death in children and adolescents has a mortality rate of 1.7 per 100,000 person-years, with a significant proportion remaining unexplained or having extracardiac causes.
Benito Morentín (2000) studied this question.
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