2017, Number 3
Registry for cardio-cerebro-vascular pathology and sudden death in the young at the Veneto Region (North-East of Italy)
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To the Editor:
The story of the Veneto Region Registry, in Italy, on Juvenile sudden death (SD) dates back in the late 70s, when a series of SDs in the young occurred in the Veneto Region, North East of Italy. A successful application for a prospective study on young people dying suddenly (<35 years old, sudden infant death syndrome excluded) was submitted to the regional health authorities, thus implementing a network of collaboration with anatomic and forensic patholo-gists, to collect all such events and to gather epidemiological data. The Veneto Region is located in the North East of Italy with Venice as the capital. According to the Italian Census Bureau & Sports Medicine (1979-1999) the overall inhabitants was 4,379,00 – with the young population (12-35 years) of 1,386,650 and young athletes of 112,790 (M to F = 4:1). In this time interval the cumulative incidence of SD was 1/100,000/year in young people aged less than 35 years old (SIDS excluded). Among non-athletes, the incidence was 0.9/100,000/year and among athletes was 2.3/100,000/year (SD occurrence 2.5 fold in athletes vs non-athletes, p<0.0001).