Cardiac conditions a major killer on Australian beaches: report

STORY: Cardiac conditions a major killer on Australian beaches: report SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of beaches in Australia STORYLINE: Cardiac conditions cause more deaths on Australian beaches than sharks or other wildlife, a research has found. A federal government-funded study published by Surf Life Saving Australia, the country's leading provider of surf rescue services, on Friday revealed that almost 40 percent of the 1,667 deaths that occurred on Australia's coasts over a 10-year period were not related to drowning. Cardiac conditions were the leading cause of non-drowning coastal deaths, the research found, accounting for 51.8 percent of the 620 over the 10-year period. Traumatic collisions and injuries accounted for 15.9 percent and falls for 10.4 percent, the study said. Marine creatures including sharks and jellyfish were identified as the cause of 5 percent of non-drowning deaths and less than

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