Table 5.

Analysis of Sex and Deaths From Cardiac Causes for the 1984 Super Bowl and Subsequent 14 Days^a vs All Other Days in January^b and February Between January 15, 1984, and February 1988

Cause of Death	Controlc	Super Bowl 1984c	β Estimated	P Valuee
Male
All circ.	1.04	1.08	0.04	0.38
IHD	0.73	0.76	0.03	0.51
AMI	0.24	0.27	0.03	0.25
HF/CHF	0.015	0.019	0.004	0.50
All deaths	2.35	2.32	−0.02	0.75
Female
All circ.	1.19	1.07	−0.12	0.03
IHD	0.77	0.72	−0.04	0.35
AMI	0.23	0.24	0.01	0.75
HF/CHF	0.026	0.020	−0.01	0.37
All deaths	2.29	2.05	−0.24	0.003

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 22, 1984), and the 14 days after the Super Bowl (January 22, 1984–February 5, 1984, 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.