Trends in sudden death-attributed mortality across Europe, 2010-2020: a retrospective population-based analysis.

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In these groups as well, sensitivity analyses excluding the year 2020 confirmed an increasing trend in sudden death–attributable mortality in both sexes [AAPC: +2.7% (95% CI: 1.8–4.0), p < 0.001 in men; and AAPC: +3.0% (95% CI: 2.0–4.5), p < 0.001 in women, respectively].

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Conversely, a decreasing trend for SD-attributable mortality was observed in Western Europe [AAPC: −2.6% (95% CI: −2.1 to −0.1), p = 0.02] while it plateaued in Northern Europe [AAPC: −2.0% (95% CI: −4.7 to 0.8), p = 0.15].

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