Football Deaths 1889-2021

Project Overview

In a recent review, the percentage of football-related deaths among total sports-related deaths differed considerably between various Geographic regions, ranging from 4% to 100% (2/51 to 15/15 cases) football-related deaths. Furthermore, a retrospective survey covering the period from 2002 to 2012 reported 107 cases of SCD-Sudden cardiac Deaths/SCA- Sudden Cardiac arrest and 5 unexplained football-related sudden deaths in 126 of the 170 surveys returned from 209 FIFA member associations. In their article, the authors concluded that national registries which accurately measure SCD/SCA in football are rare and greatly needed. Therefore, in 2014 the Federation FIFA launched a Sudden Death Registry (FIFA-SDR) to document and examine fatal events in football worldwide.

The purpose of this project is to provide a insight and a better approach to evaluate the Death Rates, Causes of Deaths, Deaths YoY, Deaths per year and provide Understanding of the matter from 1889-2021.

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Problem Statement

Death of an athlete during sports is tragic, and sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common cause. As football is the most popular sport in the world, with more than about 250 million active players registered, a relevant number of professional and recreational football players may have unknown cardiovascular diseases and therefore, be at risk for SCD and make football Fans hold their breath during competitions.
According to Israeli-\" Real-Time news\", it is reported that there is 500% Increase in SCD of FIFA Players in 2021.

Executive Summary

Data Dictionary

Key Takeaways

Next Steps

1. FIFA should impose more strict medical examination for athletes competing in FIFA organized competitions in Africa as the Data showed 72% increase in Deaths in Africa compared to the previous year.

2. More Emphasis should be on age group 19-29 because the data showed that the group have the highest Deaths in 2016

3. South America and African countries Should improve on their medical screening programme because their continents have the highest Deaths Per Year.