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Ages were 18 \u00b1 2 years; each athlete was male. Ten died after blunt precordial blows, including 4 goalies wearing commercially available chest protectors. Twelve others collapsed because of presumed or documented cardiovascular disease, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome, mitral valve prolapse, or ruptured cerebral aneurysm. The mortality rate associated with lacrosse was 1.46 deaths per 100000 person-years and was similar to that of other sports including baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. However, deaths attributed to commotio cordis were more frequent in lacrosse (0.63 deaths per 100000 person-years) than in other sports (P &amp;lt; .02), with the exception of hockey.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS: Sudden deaths in competitive lacrosse participants are rare and no more common than in most other sports. 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