Editing Football player (section)

=== North America ===
In 2015, 205 deaths among North American professional athletes who were registered as active at the time of their decease were analysed. Data were collected for the four major sports: [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), [[National Football League]] (NFL), [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), and [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). The NFL and NBA active players had "a higher likelihood of dying in a [[car accident]]" and a significantly higher likelihood of dying from a cardiac-related illness compared to the NHL and MLB active populations.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25996659/ | title = Early death in active professional athletes: Trends and causes | author = S. Lemez | author2 = N. Wattie | author3 = J. Baker | journal = Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports | date = May 1, 2016 | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | pages = 544–9 | doi = 10.1111/sms.12480 | pmid = 25996659 | format = PDF | publisher = [[Wiley Online Library]] | s2cid = 41743986 | via = Google | issn = 0905-7188 | oclc =  6189719938 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200912082333/https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=Early+death+in+active+professional+athletes:+Trends+and+causes | archive-date = 12 September 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2013, a study on 3,439 retired athletes of the National Football Leagues with at least five credited playing seasons between 1959 and 1988 did not show a statistical correlation between suicide mortality and professional activity, particularly football-related compared with the general control sample. No [[Stratification (clinical trials)|stratification]] was reported between speed and non-speed position players.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Everett J. Lehman | author2 = Misty J. Hein | author3 = Christine M. Gersic | url = https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42170/cdc_42170_DS1.pdf? | format = PDF | title = Suicide Mortality Among Retired National Football League Players Who Played 5 or More Seasons | doi = 10.1177/0363546516645093 | journal = Am J Sports Med | date = October 1, 2016 | volume = 44 | issue = 10 | pages = 2486–2491 | pmid = 27159317 | pmc = 5048489 | oclc =  8147151940 | issn = 	0363-5465}}</ref>