Key result
Sudden nontraumatic death in persons aged 1 to 21 years occurred at a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population per year, comprising 22% of nontraumatic mortality.
Population
207 persons aged 1 to 21 years who died of sudden nontraumatic death in a defined population over a…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
9 years
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to notable sudden death burden in youth; leaves open targeted prevention research.
Observational (n=207)
Sudden nontraumatic death in children and adolescents is a significant cause of mortality, with cardiovascular causes like myocarditis being prominent in older adolescents.
D. R. Neuspiel (1985) conducted an observational in Sudden nontraumatic death (n=207). Sudden nontraumatic death in persons aged 1 to 21 years occurred at a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 population per year, comprising 22% of nontraumatic mortality.
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