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Mortality at Music Festivals: An Update for 2016-2017 – Academic and Grey Literature for Case Finding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2018

Sheila A. Turris ,
Tracie Jones  and
Adam Lund
Sheila A. Turris
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tracie Jones*
Affiliation:
Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Adam Lund
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Correspondence: Tracie Jones, RN, MA-DEM Manager Site Operations Surrey Memorial Hospital Surrey, British Columbia, Canada E-mail: Tracie.Jones@fraserhealth.ca
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Abstract

In 2016, the authors published a paper on music festival fatalities between the years 1999 and 2014 (n=722). In this Special Report, they provide an update on fatalities reported at music festivals globally for the period 2016-2017 (n=201). Using a search strategy designed to capture grey literature and media reports of music festival fatalities, reports of the overall frequency and cause-of-death breakdown for publicly reported, festival-related deaths are recorded. This update shows an increase in the frequency of festival-related fatality reports during the new period, together with an increase in the number of deaths attributable to terror (n=60) and overdose/poisoning (n=41). Drawing conclusions about the cause of this increase is challenging given the growth in Internet use, online media reports, and number of music festivals occurring annually when compared with the previous reporting period. The authors re-emphasize the need for a uniform reporting standard and reliable epidemiological data for fatalities related to music festivals, mass gatherings, and special events.

TurrisSA, JonesT, LundA. Mortality at Music Festivals: An Update for 2016-2017 – Academic and Grey Literature for Case Finding. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(5):553–557.

Keywords

fatalitieshazardmass gatheringmusic festivalsrisk
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Special Report
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , October 2018 , pp. 553 - 557
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© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this study

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