Deaths triple among football players, morning temperatures thought to play a role
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to an analysis of weather conditions and high school and college sports data. The study found for the eastern US, where most deaths occurred, morning heat index values were consistently higher in the latter half of the 30-year study period.
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