French cardiovascular mortality did not increase during 1996 European football championship

doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1306

BMJ 2001;322:1306 ( 26 May )

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French cardiovascular mortality did not increase during 1996 European football championship

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EDITOR $---$ Witte et al found a significant increase in mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke in Dutch men aged $>=$ 45on the day that the Dutch team was eliminated by the French fromthe 1996 European football championship compared with the fivedays before and after the match (relative risk 1.51; 95% confidenceinterval 1.08 to 2.09).¹ We reassessed this hypothesis usingcorresponding Frenchdata.

The match had an audience of 4.7 million television viewers in France (around 8% of the French population). We performed thesame time series analysis as Witte et al on French mortality datafor the periods and personal characteristics corresponding tothe Dutch data, the cause of death being classified accordingto ICD-9 (international classification of diseases, ninth revision,codes 410; 430-434; 436-438).

The table shows that, on the day of the match, mortality from all causes did not increase among French men or women compared. . . [Full text of this article]

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