Sudden and unexpected deaths in young adults. An epidemiological study
- 17 October 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 198 (3) , 248-252
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.198.3.248
Abstract
An epidemiological study of sudden and unexpected death was conducted in Baltimore city during 1964 and 1965. Of the 322 nontraumatic deaths reviewed, 101 (31.4%) were sudden and unexpected. Sudden, unexpected deaths were more common in Negroes and men. Alcoholism and fatty liver was the leading cause of sudden, unexpected death, accounting for 27.7% of the sudden deaths, while 21.8% were due to arteriosclerotic heart disease.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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