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Most deaths due to cardiac arrest are in older adults, particularly those with coronary artery disease. Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes, but the incidence of it is unclear. Perhaps 1 in every 50,000 sudden cardiac deaths a year occurs in young athletes.
Causes of respiratory failure and shock leading to cardiopulmonary arrest in these age groups include accidents, sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory distress, and sepsis. This is in contrast to adults, for whom the most common cause of cardiac arrest is related to coronary artery disease and heart attacks.