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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Inj. 2016;30(12):1399–1413. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1219058

Table 1.

Demographics

Stage Gender Race Sport/act Age
Sport
Begun (y)
Years
Play
Age at
Onset
Symptoms
(y)
Interval
between
retirement
and symptoms
(y)
Interval
between
symptom
onset and
death (y)
Age at
Death
(decade)
II M C Prof. Football 16 15 65 34 5 7
M AA Prof. Football 11 10 45 24 8 5
M C Prof. Football 9 20 28 −1 2 3
M C Semi-prof. Football 8 18 30 4 32 6
M C Prof. Hockey 4 24 26 −2 2 2
M C College Football 6 15 21 0 4 2
M C HS Football, Wrestler, Pole-Vaulter 6 11 20 3 5 2

III M AA Prof. Football 10 17 28 1 28 5
M C Prof. Football 11 23 35 1 11 4
M C Prof. Football 14 17 35 4 32 6
M C Prof. Football 10 21 40 9 5 4
M C Prof. Football 14 15 24 −5 36 6

IV M AA Prof. Boxer 12 19 30 −1 43 7
M C Prof. Football 10 30 57 17 22 7
M C Prof. Football 16 13 68 39 11 7
M AA Prof. Football 9 22 50 19 12 6
M AA Prof. Football/Veteran 14 23 65 28 15 8
M C Prof. Football/Veteran 15 15 32 2 45 7

AA, African American; C, Caucasian; HS, High School; M, male; Semi-prof, Semiprofessional; Prof, Professional