| Sports Injuries By Number of Injuries, 2014 |
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Percent of injuries by age |
| Sport or activity |
Injuries (1) |
0 to 4 |
5 to 14 |
15 to 24 |
25 to 64 |
65 and over |
| Basketball |
522,817 |
0.4% |
34.3% |
47.0% |
18.1% |
0.2% |
| Bicycle riding (2) |
502,104 |
4.5 |
33.8 |
17.2 |
38.3 |
6.2 |
| Football |
396,457 |
0.4 |
50.6 |
40.0 |
8.9 |
0.1 |
| Exercise (3) |
368,904 |
1.6 |
12.0 |
19.3 |
54.9 |
12.2 |
| Soccer |
239,943 |
1.1 |
43.7 |
38.8 |
16.4 |
(4) |
| Swimming (5) |
179,188 |
9.6 |
42.4 |
16.1 |
26.5 |
5.4 |
| Baseball |
130,376 |
2.9 |
49.4 |
29.4 |
17.5 |
0.8 |
| Skateboarding |
119,760 |
0.8 |
34.0 |
49.7 |
15.4 |
0.1 |
| Weight lifting |
100,904 |
2.5 |
7.7 |
32.8 |
53.6 |
3.5 |
| Softball |
95,465 |
0.1 |
31.4 |
33.1 |
33.8 |
1.6 |
| Roller skating (6) |
66,601 |
1.1 |
56.4 |
11.3 |
30.0 |
1.1 |
| Fishing |
66,290 |
3.7 |
17.8 |
16.2 |
51.6 |
10.7 |
| Volleyball |
52,548 |
0.1 |
36.0 |
41.9 |
21.4 |
0.6 |
| Horseback riding |
50,688 |
1.0 |
20.4 |
23.0 |
47.7 |
7.9 |
| Wrestling |
39,700 |
(4) |
41.8 |
53.3 |
5.0 |
(4) |
| Cheerleading |
35,894 |
0.2 |
49.7 |
48.5 |
1.5 |
(4) |
| Gymnastics (7) |
34,550 |
1.8 |
75.9 |
19.8 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
| Snowboarding |
31,847 |
0.4 |
23.2 |
51.3 |
25.1 |
(4) |
| Golf (8) |
30,047 |
3.5 |
13.2 |
6.6 |
40.0 |
36.6 |
| Martial arts |
30,043 |
0.4 |
31.7 |
28.7 |
38.6 |
0.6 |
| Track and field |
29,484 |
(4) |
39.5 |
43.5 |
16.3 |
0.7 |
| Ice skating (9) |
20,127 |
1.5 |
45.7 |
19.5 |
30.0 |
3.3 |
| Tennis |
19,800 |
0.3 |
14.3 |
19.2 |
36.3 |
30.0 |
| Ice hockey |
17,627 |
0.1 |
36.9 |
42.0 |
20.6 |
0.4 |
| Boxing |
16,673 |
0.1 |
8.8 |
43.7 |
46.8 |
0.6 |
| Bowling |
16,613 |
9.1 |
13.8 |
15.5 |
45.0 |
16.6 |
| Rugby |
11,925 |
(4) |
6.8 |
74.7 |
18.5 |
(4) |
| Mountain biking |
8,822 |
(4) |
5.5 |
18.7 |
74.1 |
1.8 |
| Snowmobiling |
6,641 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
70.1 |
1.6 |
| Hockey, field |
5,782 |
1.7 |
35.8 |
49.2 |
13.3 |
(4) |
| Mountain climbing |
5,395 |
0.3 |
8.2 |
40.0 |
49.9 |
1.6 |
| Water skiing |
4,807 |
(4) |
9.8 |
40.1 |
50.1 |
(4) |
| Archery |
3,948 |
2.0 |
16.9 |
19.1 |
50.2 |
11.9 |
| Billiards, pool |
3,500 |
15.7 |
14.1 |
9.1 |
57.9 |
3.2 |
| Racquetball, squash and paddleball |
3,375 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
21.7 |
61.0 |
8.7 |
| Horseshoe pitching (10) |
1,449 |
5.4 |
6.9 |
12.4 |
64.7 |
10.6 |
| Scuba diving |
1,220 |
1.3 |
10.8 |
21.2 |
65.4 |
1.3 |
(1) Treated in hospital emergency departments. Excludes skiing.
(2) Excludes mountain biking.
(3) Includes exercise equipment (62,665 injuries) and exercise activity (306,239 injuries).
(4) Less than 0.1 percent.
(5) Includes injuries associated with swimming, swimming pools, pool slides, diving or diving boards and swimming pool equipment.
(6) Includes roller skating (54,796 injuries) and in-line skating (11,805 injuries).
(7) Excludes trampolines (104,691 injuries).
(8) Excludes golf carts (15,225 injuries).
(9) Excludes 5,247 injuries in skating, unspecified.
(10) Data for 2013.
Source: National Safety Council. Injury Facts®, 2016 Edition. Itasca, IL. |
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