Mortality of Major League Baseball Players from Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean

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• Personal Author:
  Day SM ; Reynolds RJ
• Description:
  Professional baseball players have lower mortality rates than the US general population, but whether this is true of foreign-born players is not known. Using data on ballplayers from six nations, we compare mortality rates with those of US players via standardized mortality ratios. After controlling for confounders, four countries had statistically insignificant SMRs while two nations had significantly elevated SMRs. In the two nations with elevated SMRs, low average ages at death and high crime rates suggest the increased mortality may be linked to violent crime. A full understanding of the causes of disparity in mortality will require further research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Athletes Mortality Occupational Health Safety Violence
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Baseball Global Health International Life Expectancy Mortality Mortality Rates Standardized Mortality Ratios
• ISSN:
  2277-9604
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  38-41
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064321
• Citation:
  Glob J Med Public Health 2012 Jul-Aug; 1(4):38-41
• Contact Point Address:
  Robert J. Reynolds, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health 1200 Pressler St. Houston, TX 77030, USA
• Email:
  abul.h.hlamgir@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d450015bbf88e2e25bbeb67d674d5a34a165fb1de927a79bf1fa006af83130fc82fabcd97d1d759822ad04f0424070c77e28153bdfdccfb3687fe9c99422e319
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222812/cdc_222812_DS1.pdf
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