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Percent of injuries by age |
Sport or activity |
Participants |
Injuries |
0-4 |
5-14 |
15-24 |
25-64 |
65 and over |
Archery |
7,100,000 |
4,199 |
3.3% |
12.0% |
20.2% |
50.6% |
13.9% |
Baseball |
11,500,000 |
165,842 |
3.4 |
46.9 |
27.8 |
21.0 |
0.9 |
Softball |
11,800,000 |
121,175 |
0.5 |
25.8 |
32.5 |
40.1 |
1.0 |
Basketball |
24,400,000 |
501,251 |
0.4 |
29.4 |
49.7 |
20.4 |
0.2 |
Bicycle riding (1) |
38,100,000 |
534,928 |
5.3 |
40.8 |
18.2 |
32.1 |
3.7 |
Billiards, pool |
28,200,000 |
5,269 |
1.9 |
20.4 |
24.2 |
51.8 |
1.7 |
Bowling |
45,000,000 |
20,878 |
5.7 |
14.6 |
13.3 |
55.6 |
10.8 |
Boxing |
NA |
18,455 |
0.5 |
9.0 |
53.7 |
36.5 |
0.4 |
Cheerleading |
2,900,000 (2) |
31,456 |
(3) |
49.7 |
49.0 |
1.2 |
(3) |
Exercise |
NA |
265,938 (4) |
2.7 |
12.1 |
18.4 |
53.9 |
12.9 |
Fishing |
32,900,000 |
75,490 |
2.3 |
19.0 |
13.4 |
54.5 |
10.9 |
Football |
8,900,000 (5) |
451,961 |
0.4 |
47.5 |
41.7 |
10.4 |
0.1 |
Golf |
22,300,000 |
41,009 (6) |
4.7 |
20.5 |
7.6 |
42.0 |
25.2 |
Gymnastics |
3,900,000 |
29,606 (7) |
4.0 |
70.7 |
21.7 |
3.6 |
(3) |
Hockey, field |
NA |
4,017 |
3.1 |
28.7 |
63.1 |
5.1 |
(3) |
Horseback riding |
NA |
78,499 |
1.8 |
17.4 |
20.1 |
56.9 |
3.8 |
Horseshoe pitching |
NA |
2,251 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
17.0 |
56.2 |
19.6 |
Ice hockey |
3,100,000 |
19,035 |
0.2 |
30.9 |
49.8 |
18.7 |
0.4 |
Ice skating |
NA |
21,926 (8) |
2.7 |
52.0 |
17.4 |
26.5 |
1.4 |
Martial arts |
NA |
28,909 |
0.5 |
24.4 |
25.3 |
49.6 |
0.2 |
Mountain biking |
8,400,000 |
9,627 |
1.4 |
5.9 |
22.0 |
69.1 |
1.5 |
Mountain climbing |
NA |
4,376 |
0.4 |
16.2 |
34.5 |
49.0 |
(3) |
Racquetball, squash and paddleball |
NA |
6,594 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
21.1 |
69.2 |
2.1 |
Roller skating |
NA |
63,550 (9) |
1.4 |
50.7 |
14.7 |
32.1 |
1.1 |
Rugby |
NA |
14,847 |
(3) |
2.4 |
78.3 |
19.3 |
(3) |
Scuba diving |
NA |
1,331 |
1.2 |
6.2 |
34.0 |
52.3 |
6.3 |
Skateboarding |
8,400,000 |
144,416 |
1.4 |
46.2 |
39.9 |
12.3 |
0.2 |
Snowboarding |
6,200,000 |
54,188 |
(3) |
26.1 |
51.1 |
22.5 |
0.2 |
Snowmobiling |
NA |
12,154 |
0.6 |
6.3 |
30.4 |
61.0 |
1.7 |
Soccer |
13,600,000 |
208,214 |
0.6 |
42.1 |
39.5 |
17.7 |
0.2 |
Swimming |
50,200,000 |
175,388 (10) |
10.3 |
40.2 |
18.2 |
27.5 |
3.8 |
Tennis |
10,800,000 |
23,611 |
0.6 |
14.5 |
20.2 |
38.4 |
26.3 |
Track and field |
NA |
22,191 |
0.1 |
40.9 |
47.8 |
10.9 |
0.3 |
Volleyball |
10,700,000 |
60,159 |
0.3 |
27.7 |
43.6 |
27.5 |
0.9 |
Water skiing |
5,200,000 |
7,032 |
(3) |
16.5 |
40.8 |
42.7 |
(3) |
Weight lifting |
34,500,000 |
86,307 |
3.5 |
8.0 |
34.8 |
50.9 |
2.8 |
Wrestling |
3,000,000 |
41,712 |
0.2 |
36.4 |
57.8 |
5.6 |
(3) |
(1) Excludes mountain biking.
(2) Data for 2008.
(3) Less than 0.1 percent.
(4) Includes exercise equipment (55,578 injuries) and exercise activity (210,360 injuries).
(5) Includes participation in tackle football only.
(6) Excludes golf carts (14,629 injuries).
(7) Excludes trampolines (97,908 injuries).
(8) Excludes 6,459 injuries in skating, unspecified.
(9) Includes roller skating (45,699 injuries) and in-line skating (17,851 injuries).
(10) 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. |