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. 2017 Feb 1;9(3):268–279. doi: 10.1177/1941738117694153

Table 1.

Incidence studies in college athletes

Study	Year	Country	Study Design	Case Identification	Denominator	Exertional Deaths or All?	SCD or SCA + SCD	Years Studied	Incidence^a	Age Range, y	Cardiac Deaths, n
Drezner et al¹⁷	2005	US	Retrospective survey	Survey answered by 244/326 (75%) Division I NCAA institutions	Number of athletes at surveyed schools	All	SCD	—	1:67,000	—	5
Harmon et al²⁰	2011	US	Retrospective cohort	Media database + NCAA database + insurance claims	Participation data from NCAA	All	SCD	2004-2008	1:43,000	18-26	37
Maron et al³²	2014	US	Retrospective cohort	US Registry for Sudden Death in Athletes and NCAA Resolutions List for cardiac cases	Participation data from NCAA	All	SCD	2002-2011	1:83,000 confirmed; 1:62,000 presumed	17-26	64
Harmon et al²¹	2015	US	Retrospective cohort	Media database + NCAA database + insurance claims	Participation data from NCAA	All	SCD	2003-2013	1:56,000	17-26	79

NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association; SCA, sudden cardiac arrest; SCD, sudden cardiac death.

^a

All incidence rates in athlete-years.