| The latest available data (2004) on Head Injuries in Sports
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Sports injuries are one of the most common reasons young people go
to the emergency room; a concussion is the most common head injury,
estimated at 300,000 per year,” said Dr. Jordan Metzl, M.D., co-founder
and medical director of the Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS), Sports
Medicine Institute For Young Athletes.
Cycling topped the
list of sports and recreational activities with the most head injuries
in 2004, the latest year for which data were available. The rankings,
based on the estimated number of people treated in U.S. hospital
emergency rooms, are:
- Cycling: 69,476
- Powered recreational vehicles (ATVs, dune buggies, off-road motorcycles): 27,213
- Football: 25,515
- Basketball: 24,320
- Baseball and softball: 22,671
- Water sports (diving, surfing, swimming, water-skiing): 18,860
- Winter sports (skiing, sledding, snowboarding): 18,566
- Skateboarding, scooters: 15,125
- Soccer: 14,465
- Horseback riding: 10,669
- Health club (exercise, weightlifting): 9,901
- Golf: 8,049
- Trampoline: 5,392
- Hockey: 4,741
- Ball sports (unspecified): 4,221
- Skating (in-line, roller, roller hockey): 4,041
- Ice skating: 2,852
- Fishing: 2,689
- Wrestling: 2,268
- Volleyball: 2,021
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