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Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources.

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Kucera, KL; Fortington, LV; Wolff, CS; Marshall, SW; Finch, CF
Published in: Inj Prev
April 2019

INTRODUCTION: Despite detailed recommendations for sports injury data capture provided since the mid-1990s, international data collection efforts for sport-related death remains limited in scope. The purpose of this paper was to review the data sources available for studying sport-related death and describe their key features, coverage, accessibility and strengths and limitations. METHODS: The outcomes of interest for this review was death occurring as a result of participation in organised sport-related activity. Data sources used to enumerate death in sport were identified, drawing from the authors' knowledge/experience and review of key references from international organisations. The general purpose, case identification, structure, strengths and limitations of each source in relation to collection of data for sport-related death were summarised, drawing on examples from the international published literature to illustrate this application. RESULTS: Seven types of resources were identified for capturing deaths in sport. Data sources varied considerably in their ability to identify: participant status, sport relatedness of the death, types of sport-related deaths they capture, level of detail provided about the circumstances and medical care received. The most detailed sources were those that were dedicated to sports surveillance. Sport relatedness and type of sport may not be reliably captured by systems not dedicated to sports injury surveillance. Only one source permitted international comparisons and was limited to one sport (soccer). CONCLUSION: Data on sport-related death are currently collected across a wide variety of data sources. This review highlights the need for robust, comprehensive approaches with standardised methodologies enabling linkage between sources and international comparisons.

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Inj Prev

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EISSN

1475-5785

Publication Date

April 2019

Volume

25

Issue

2

Start / End Page

83 / 89

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Public Health
  • Population Surveillance
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Data Collection
  • Athletic Injuries
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4202 Epidemiology
 

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Kucera, K. L., Fortington, L. V., Wolff, C. S., Marshall, S. W., & Finch, C. F. (2019). Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources. Inj Prev, 25(2), 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042642
Kucera, Kristen L., Lauren V. Fortington, Catherine S. Wolff, Stephen W. Marshall, and Caroline F. Finch. “Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources.Inj Prev 25, no. 2 (April 2019): 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042642.
Kucera KL, Fortington LV, Wolff CS, Marshall SW, Finch CF. Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources. Inj Prev. 2019 Apr;25(2):83–9.
Kucera, Kristen L., et al. “Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources.Inj Prev, vol. 25, no. 2, Apr. 2019, pp. 83–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042642.
Kucera KL, Fortington LV, Wolff CS, Marshall SW, Finch CF. Estimating the international burden of sport-related death: a review of data sources. Inj Prev. 2019 Apr;25(2):83–89.

Published In

Inj Prev

DOI

EISSN

1475-5785

Publication Date

April 2019

Volume

25

Issue

2

Start / End Page

83 / 89

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Public Health
  • Population Surveillance
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Data Collection
  • Athletic Injuries
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4202 Epidemiology