Table 3.

Analysis of Race and Deaths From Cardiac Causes for the 1980 Super Bowl and Subsequent 14 Days^a vs All Other Days in January^b and February Between January 15, 1980, and February 1983

Cause of Death	Controlc	Super Bowl 1980c	β Estimated	P Valuee
White/Hispanic
All circ.	1.15	1.42	0.27	<0.0001
IHD	0.79	0.95	0.16	<0.0001
AMI	0.26	0.30	0.04	0.02
HF/CHF	0.017	0.013	−0.004	0.41
All deaths	2.21	2.62	0.41	<0.0001
Nonwhite/non‐Hispanic
All circ.	0.71	0.79	0.07	0.21
IHD	0.41	0.44	0.03	0.46
AMI	0.13	0.15	0.02	0.48
HF/CHF	0.009	0.014	0.005	0.49
All deaths	1.64	1.70	0.06	0.54

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ANOVA, analysis of variance; Circ., diseases of the circulatory system; HF/CHF, heart failure or congestive heart failure; IHD, ischemic heart disease.

^aThe analysis group thus includes the day of the Super Bowl (January 20, 1980), and the 14 days after the Super Bowl (January 20, 1980–February 3, 1980, 15 days total).

^bTo remove the impact of the known peak in cardiac death rates around the holidays, the analysis excludes data from January 1 to 14 (14 days starting with New Year's Day).

^cRates expressed per day per 100 000 population (using total deaths and average population).

^dEstimated from a 1‐way ANOVA with Super Bowl Day as the only factor.

^eFor the Super Bowl effect.