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This paper looks at the mortality rate among Professional Football Players and examines what might contribute to an early death.

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Concussions and CTE, which is associated with an early death, is an epidemic within contact sports and society needs to have a better understanding of how to reduce the risks associated with playing sports.

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This page is a summary of: Mortality risk factors among National Football League players: An analysis using player career data, F1000Research, November 2019, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.21235.1.
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