Satvik Ramakrishna

Oct 23, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Leila Haghighat |Satvik Ramakrishna |James Salazar

Homelessness and Incidence and Causes of Sudden Death: Data From the POST SCD Study Key PointsQuestion  How is housing status associated with rates and causes of sudden death by autopsy in San Francisco County? Findings  In this 8-year cohort study of 868 adult sudden deaths presumed cardiac by World Health Organization criteria (including 151 unhoused individuals [17%]), the sudden mortality rate was 16-fold higher in unhoused vs housed individuals.