Study: Suicides less common for ex-NFL players

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CHICAGO — Government research on more than 3,000 retired NFL players concluded suicides were less common among men in this group than in the general population.

The research did not resolve the issue of whether suicides are more common in players with a degenerative brain disease — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — linked with repeated concussions. The study did not examine concussion data or whether any of the players involved had CTE.

The research is from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency has for decades been studying a group of retirees who played at least five seasons between 1959 and 1988.

Previous results from the ongoing research found the players had longer …

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