Long term health impact of playing professional football in the United Kingdom

Andy P Turner; Julie H Barlow; Christian Heathcote-Elliott

doi:10.1136/bjsm.34.5.332

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Long term health impact of playing professional football in the United Kingdom

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Dec 2000	20	23	7
Jan 2001	12	25	5
Feb 2001	9	49	20
Mar 2001	9	50	23
Apr 2001	27	39	12
May 2001	14	40	15
Jun 2001	10	21	3
Jul 2001	8	27	4
Aug 2001	11	26	9
Sep 2001	12	20	3
Oct 2001	13	36	3
Nov 2001	13	37	6
Dec 2001	12	24	10
Jan 2002	8	22	10
Feb 2002	15	36	3
Mar 2002	13	48	11
Apr 2002	10	37	11
May 2002	13	24	5
Jun 2002	7	6	2
Jul 2002	5	11	0
Aug 2002	6	9	1
Sep 2002	8	14	2
Oct 2002	17	17	2
Nov 2002	10	17	2
Dec 2002	8	12	0
Jan 2003	25	34	4
Feb 2003	9	9	6
Mar 2003	11	12	1
Apr 2003	6	7	2
May 2003	39	10	0
Jun 2003	6	6	10
Jul 2003	16	119	4
Aug 2003	25	40	14
Sep 2003	18	12	6
Oct 2003	24	40	6
Nov 2003	21	39	2
Dec 2003	23	22	1
Jan 2004	24	89	11
Feb 2004	18	77	9
Mar 2004	21	78	11
Apr 2004	25	18	8
May 2004	39	55	6
Jun 2004	46	53	15
Jul 2004	43	41	7
Aug 2004	39	44	10
Sep 2004	17	47	11
Oct 2004	44	70	24
Nov 2004	20	91	29
Dec 2004	20	64	22
Jan 2005	17	65	23
Feb 2005	32	87	22
Mar 2005	19	61	29
Apr 2005	15	82	15
May 2005	14	45	18
Jun 2005	11	34	18
Jul 2005	13	50	17
Aug 2005	13	36	7
Sep 2005	25	39	12
Oct 2005	30	71	29
Nov 2005	35	88	12
Dec 2005	22	33	13
Jan 2006	20	45	16
Feb 2006	21	29	15
Mar 2006	20	52	35
Apr 2006	26	38	12
May 2006	36	41	15
Jun 2006	20	18	9
Jul 2006	21	19	9
Aug 2006	24	17	14
Sep 2006	45	53	33
Oct 2006	50	107	46
Nov 2006	49	96	50
Dec 2006	29	69	22
Jan 2007	38	104	43
Feb 2007	44	86	43
Mar 2007	47	93	41
Apr 2007	81	17	11
May 2007	57	16	18
Jun 2007	37	6	9
Jul 2007	25	9	9
Aug 2007	49	8	8
Sep 2007	74	13	10
Oct 2007	100	33	27
Nov 2007	70	20	26
Dec 2007	74	5	20
Jan 2008	49	11	12
Feb 2008	55	24	15
Mar 2008	68	13	21
Apr 2008	69	19	26
May 2008	33	13	24
Jun 2008	14	10	5
Jul 2008	14	2	4
Aug 2008	24	6	7
Sep 2008	59	1	4
Oct 2008	41	8	14
Nov 2008	33	6	4
Dec 2008	40	11	9
Jan 2009	46	4	8
Feb 2009	49	3	6
Mar 2009	47	9	10
Apr 2009	45	9	11
May 2009	41	4	9
Jun 2009	34	0	12
Jul 2009	20	3	10
Aug 2009	23	6	6
Sep 2009	29	3	6
Oct 2009	70	17	9
Nov 2009	66	14	8
Dec 2009	46	6	6
Jan 2010	49	2	3
Feb 2010	53	9	10
Mar 2010	64	14	7
Apr 2010	68	11	10
May 2010	42	10	7
Jun 2010	41	8	11
Jul 2010	14	8	11
Aug 2010	23	5	5
Sep 2010	73	16	8
Oct 2010	117	26	17
Nov 2010	85	24	15
Dec 2010	33	17	10
Jan 2011	58	10	8
Feb 2011	87	9	16
Mar 2011	124	18	21
Apr 2011	64	6	3
May 2011	68	2	4
Jun 2011	49	10	6
Jul 2011	32	4	4
Aug 2011	28	6	8
Sep 2011	89	13	4
Oct 2011	83	13	3
Nov 2011	116	22	12
Dec 2011	49	71	14
Jan 2012	51	45	16
Feb 2012	54	31	14
Mar 2012	62	30	257
Apr 2012	50	30	15
May 2012	65	39	30
Jun 2012	18	15	8
Jul 2012	32	19	13
Aug 2012	66	15	10
Sep 2012	60	32	19
Oct 2012	71	45	21
Nov 2012	186	177	51
Dec 2012	50	16	8
Jan 2013	76	42	16
Feb 2013	67	72	9
Mar 2013	86	81	8
Apr 2013	71	119	15
May 2013	49	103	11
Jun 2013	41	44	7
Jul 2013	43	30	8
Aug 2013	37	26	5
Sep 2013	63	38	7
Oct 2013	97	81	37
Nov 2013	171	153	43
Dec 2013	63	61	10
Jan 2014	90	87	17
Feb 2014	72	100	20
Mar 2014	106	128	13
Apr 2014	80	99	15
May 2014	67	75	19
Jun 2014	51	65	4
Jul 2014	50	39	7
Aug 2014	33	37	8
Sep 2014	67	61	12
Oct 2014	57	100	8
Nov 2014	49	85	13
Dec 2014	44	54	10
Jan 2015	72	78	16
Feb 2015	54	71	20
Mar 2015	72	102	11
Apr 2015	67	108	8
May 2015	50	59	4
Jun 2015	50	50	5
Jul 2015	53	58	4
Aug 2015	32	71	8
Sep 2015	35	125	14
Oct 2015	36	68	1
Nov 2015	54	94	7
Dec 2015	49	59	9
Jan 2016	40	47	10
Feb 2016	44	59	11
Mar 2016	54	59	23
Apr 2016	59	91	27
May 2016	56	74	15
Jun 2016	34	50	7
Jul 2016	42	42	7
Aug 2016	22	37	3
Sep 2016	38	61	10
Oct 2016	42	68	17
Nov 2016	40	124	12
Dec 2016	43	81	8
Jan 2017	38	109	21
Feb 2017	13	85	11
Mar 2017	7	68	11
Apr 2017	1	108	14
May 2017	3	114	30
Jun 2017	17	71	14
Jul 2017	85	84	7
Aug 2017	34	32	9
Sep 2017	99	93	11
Oct 2017	181	171	10
Nov 2017	171	167	20
Dec 2017	94	93	6
Jan 2018	174	174	19
Feb 2018	131	121	22
Mar 2018	179	164	29
Apr 2018	179	162	21
May 2018	106	105	30
Jun 2018	103	99	11
Jul 2018	155	153	10
Aug 2018	177	177	8
Sep 2018	275	275	8
Oct 2018	403	404	25
Nov 2018	400	400	75
Dec 2018	262	262	22
Jan 2019	259	242	10
Feb 2019	322	303	20
Mar 2019	427	395	38
Apr 2019	258	239	27
May 2019	210	193	29
Jun 2019	179	168	21
Jul 2019	171	162	10
Aug 2019	143	139	14
Sep 2019	258	240	25
Oct 2019	295	259	32
Nov 2019	273	246	15
Dec 2019	167	150	30
Jan 2020	256	233	20
Feb 2020	140	134	15
Mar 2020	233	220	21
Apr 2020	196	174	24
May 2020	214	193	27
Jun 2020	101	96	14
Jul 2020	170	171	12
Aug 2020	102	89	15
Sep 2020	178	164	16
Oct 2020	186	168	23
Nov 2020	248	228	26
Dec 2020	180	160	27
Jan 2021	193	180	18
Feb 2021	206	188	22
Mar 2021	93	66	14
Apr 2021	119	95	21
May 2021	111	78	26
Jun 2021	82	43	12
Jul 2021	40	34	9
Aug 2021	113	105	17
Sep 2021	167	155	25
Oct 2021	186	167	50
Nov 2021	214	178	36
Dec 2021	155	138	22
Jan 2022	120	106	25
Feb 2022	192	183	17
Mar 2022	251	234	36
Apr 2022	178	158	12
May 2022	209	189	54
Jun 2022	128	122	40
Jul 2022	111	91	18
Aug 2022	132	125	22
Sep 2022	196	187	19
Oct 2022	283	262	34
Nov 2022	286	260	15
Dec 2022	272	256	17
Jan 2023	249	218	43
Feb 2023	214	190	19
Mar 2023	234	191	25
Apr 2023	155	144	24
May 2023	173	146	32
Jun 2023	128	123	11
Jul 2023	151	147	14
Aug 2023	172	159	15
Sep 2023	163	152	16
Oct 2023	211	180	13
Nov 2023	279	226	34
Dec 2023	400	65	8
Jan 2024	244	21	5
Feb 2024	315	12	3
Mar 2024	296	13	8
Total	24103	22022	4454

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