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Percent of injuries by age |
| Sport or activity |
Participants |
Injuries (1)
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0-4 |
5-14 |
15-24 |
25-64 |
65 and over |
| Archery |
6,500,000 |
6,162 |
0.6% |
10.7% |
27.5% |
44.5% |
16.7% |
| Baseball |
12,500,000 |
162,925 |
2.5 |
49.8 |
27.3 |
19.6 |
0.8 |
| Softball |
10,800,000 |
119,389 |
0.3 |
27.6 |
31.0 |
40.3 |
0.9 |
| Basketball |
26,900,000 |
528,584 |
0.4 |
31.3 |
48.9 |
19.3 |
0.2 |
| Bicycle riding (2) |
39,800,000 |
530,551 |
5.4 |
38.8 |
17.7 |
34.0 |
4.1 |
| Billiards, pool |
24,000,000 |
4,516 |
4.1 |
18.5 |
22.4 |
49.5 |
5.5 |
| Bowling |
39,000,000 |
24,263 |
9.1 |
13.1 |
17.0 |
49.7 |
11.1 |
| Boxing |
NA |
22,055 |
(3) |
9.8 |
50.7 |
39.1 |
0.4 |
| Cheerleading |
2,900,000 (4) |
36,288 |
0.1 |
51.9 |
46.3 |
1.7 |
(3) |
| Exercise |
NA |
291,173 (5) |
2.5 |
11.7 |
20.2 |
55.4 |
10.2 |
| Fishing |
33,800,000 |
69,963 |
3.3 |
16.7 |
13.0 |
55.9 |
11.2 |
| Football |
9,300,000 (6) |
489,676 |
0.3 |
49.2 |
40.7 |
9.7 |
0.1 |
| Golf |
21,900,000 |
35,199 (7) |
4.6 |
18.4 |
7.8 |
40.1 |
29.1 |
| Gymnastics |
4,800,000 |
28,743 (8) |
3.4 |
70.2 |
21.5 |
4.9 |
0.1 |
| Hockey, street and field |
NA |
8,210 (9) |
0.6 |
37.1 |
55.5 |
6.8 |
(3) |
| Horseback riding |
NA |
68,871 |
1.6 |
17.6 |
20.9 |
55.4 |
4.5 |
| Horseshoe pitching |
NA |
2,504 |
3.5 |
15.5 |
11.7 |
53.6 |
15.7 |
| Ice hockey |
3,300,000 |
19,613 |
0.1 |
31.3 |
52.9 |
15.6 |
0.1 |
| Ice skating |
NA |
23,046 |
1.7 |
48.9 |
21.4 |
26.0 |
1.9 |
| Martial arts |
NA |
33,104 |
1.0 |
21.7 |
30.2 |
46.5 |
0.7 |
| Mountain biking |
7,200,000 |
11,195 |
0.1 |
7.7 |
27.0 |
64.4 |
0.8 |
| Mountain climbing |
NA |
3,478 |
2.0 |
12.9 |
36.6 |
41.8 |
6.6 |
| Racquetball, squash and paddleball |
NA |
5,715 |
0.1 |
3.7 |
29.7 |
61.9 |
4.6 |
| Roller skating |
NA |
68,657 (10) |
0.6 |
54.9 |
13.1 |
30.9 |
0.5 |
| Rugby |
NA |
15,105 |
(3) |
4.9 |
77.5 |
17.6 |
(3) |
| Scuba diving |
NA |
1,331 (11) |
1.2 |
6.2 |
34.0 |
52.3 |
6.3 |
| Skateboarding |
7,700,000 |
130,627 |
1.3 |
45.1 |
43.0 |
10.4 |
0.1 |
| Snowboarding |
6,100,000 |
57,555 |
(3) |
26.8 |
49.2 |
23.7 |
0.2 |
| Snowmobiling |
NA |
11,010 |
(3) |
7.2 |
22.6 |
66.3 |
3.9 |
| Soccer |
13,500,000 |
226,142 |
0.7 |
42.4 |
39.4 |
17.4 |
0.1 |
| Swimming |
51,900,000 |
225,493 (12) |
9.8 |
41.9 |
17.8 |
27.6 |
2.8 |
| Tennis |
12,300,000 |
22,768 |
0.8 |
15.4 |
21.0 |
41.0 |
21.7 |
| Track and field |
NA |
27,830 |
(3) |
35.2 |
50.6 |
13.2 |
1.0 |
| Volleyball |
10,600,000 |
58,072 |
0.3 |
30.7 |
41.0 |
27.1 |
0.9 |
| Water skiing |
5,200,000 |
8,881 |
0.8 |
10.2 |
34.5 |
54.5 |
(3) |
| Weight lifting |
31,500,000 |
94,692 |
3.6 |
10.2 |
33.7 |
49.8 |
2.7 |
| Wrestling |
2,900,000 |
42,486 |
(3) |
36.4 |
59.1 |
4.5 |
(3) |
(1) Treated in hospital emergency departments.
(2) Excludes mountain biking.
(3) Less than 0.1 percent.
(4) Data for 2008.
(5) Includes exercise equipment (61,196 injuries) and exercise activity (229,977 injuries).
(6) Includes participation in tackle football only.
(7) Excludes golf carts (13,838 injuries).
(8) Excludes trampolines (92,159 injuries).
(9) Excludes 6,069 injuries in skating, unspecified.
(10) Includes roller skating (51,956 injuries) and in-line skating (16,701 injuries).
(11) Data for 2009.
(12) Includes injuries associated with swimming, swimming pools (2008 data), pool slides (2008 data), diving or diving boards and swimming pool equipment.
NA=Data not available.
Source: National Safety Council.
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