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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 |
6,600,000 |
4,393 |
2.5% |
14.1% |
14.4% |
58.5% |
10.5% |
| Baseball |
14,000,000 |
167,661 |
2.4 |
48.8 |
28.7 |
19.5 |
0.6 |
| Softball |
10,000,000 |
110,086 |
0.4 |
24.9 |
29.8 |
43.9 |
1.0 |
| Basketball |
24,100,000 |
481,011 |
0.3 |
32.5 |
47.7 |
19.3 |
0.2 |
| Bicycle riding (1) |
37,400,000 |
505,413 |
5.5 |
43.5 |
17.8 |
29.8 |
3.3 |
| Billiards, pool |
29,500,000 |
5,045 |
8.2 |
26.3 |
18.1 |
44.5 |
3.0 |
| Bowling |
43,500,000 |
21,819 |
6.7 |
18.7 |
16.7 |
47.4 |
10.6 |
| Boxing |
794,000 (2) |
14,884 |
0.4 |
8.5 |
54.3 |
36.7 |
0.1 |
| Cheerleading |
3,800,000 (3) |
26,786 |
0.4 |
47.4 |
50.5 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
| Exercise |
NA |
194,431 (4) |
3.2 |
15.0 |
19.6 |
51.7 |
10.5 |
| Fishing |
35,300,000 |
71,615 |
2.9 |
19.4 |
15.5 |
52.4 |
9.9 |
| Football |
17,800,000 (2), (5) |
455,193 |
0.3 |
47.1 |
42.4 |
10.1 |
0.1 |
| Golf |
22,700,000 |
36,886 (6) |
4.3 |
22.7 |
10.1 |
41.3 |
21.6 |
| Gymnastics |
NA |
29,373 (7) |
3.3 |
68.8 |
22.0 |
5.6 |
0.3 |
| Hockey: street, roller and field |
NA |
6,081 (8) |
0.0 |
25.9 |
65.5 |
8.6 |
0.0 |
| Horseback riding |
NA |
78,527 |
1.4 |
19.2 |
18.9 |
56.7 |
3.7 |
| Horseshoe pitching |
NA |
2,300 |
6.6 |
22.2 |
16.3 |
51.8 |
3.0 |
| Ice hockey |
2,100,000 |
18,679 |
0.5 |
30.4 |
49.0 |
20.2 |
0.0 |
| Ice skating |
NA |
23,375 (9) |
1.0 |
53.4 |
18.6 |
25.9 |
1.1 |
| Martial arts |
4,700,000 (2) |
26,655 |
1.4 |
24.3 |
27.8 |
45.8 |
0.7 |
| Mountain biking |
7,400,000 |
10,458 |
0.0 |
8.1 |
19.4 |
72.3 |
0.2 |
| Mountain climbing |
4,600,000 |
3,875 (3) |
1.5 |
9.0 |
43.4 |
43.7 |
1.9 |
| Racquetball, squash and paddleball |
NA |
6,642 |
0.0 |
4.2 |
31.8 |
56.4 |
7.6 |
| Roller skating |
NA |
67,734 (10) |
0.8 |
58.9 |
13.6 |
25.8 |
0.9 |
| Rugby |
NA |
11,458 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
75.1 |
20.9 |
0.0 |
| Scuba diving |
NA |
1,963 (3) |
0.0 |
4.1 |
6.9 |
89.0 |
0.0 |
| Skateboarding |
10,100,000 |
143,682 |
1.5 |
49.0 |
39.3 |
10.0 |
0.1 |
| Snowboarding |
5,100,000 |
57,792 |
0.1 |
29.0 |
50.4 |
20.2 |
0.3 |
| Snowmobiling |
2,724,000 (2) |
12,735 |
1.1 |
10.9 |
33.7 |
51.5 |
2.8 |
| Soccer |
13,800,000 |
198,679 |
0.5 |
41.6 |
40.5 |
17.1 |
0.2 |
| Swimming |
52,300,000 |
171,704 (11) |
9.6 |
41.4 |
18.6 |
27.6 |
2.7 |
| Tennis |
12,300,000 |
21,775 |
0.2 |
18.8 |
18.1 |
46.0 |
16.9 |
| Track and field |
NA |
19,853 |
0.1 |
43.6 |
48.8 |
7.5 |
0.3 |
| Volleyball |
12,000,000 |
57,039 |
0.1 |
29.4 |
41.7 |
28.5 |
0.3 |
| Water skiing |
5,300,000 |
9,652 |
0.7 |
5.0 |
45.2 |
49.1 |
0.0 |
| Weight lifting |
33,200,000 |
72,369 |
4.2 |
10.7 |
36.1 |
47.0 |
2.0 |
| Wrestling |
2,100,000 |
37,320 |
0.0 |
36.4 |
58.6 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
(1) Excludes mountain biking.
(2) Data for 2004.
(3) Data for 2006.
(4) Includes exercise equipment (45,351 injuries) and exercise activity (149,080 injuries).
(5) Includes 9,600,000 in touch football and 8,200,000 in tackle football.
(6) Excludes golf carts (17,284 injuries).
(7) Excludes trampolines (107,435 injuries).
(8) Includes field hockey (4,819 injuries) and roller hockey (1,262 injuries, data for 2006). Excludes 34,165 injuries in hockey, unspecified.
(9) Excludes 10,564 injuries in skating, unspecified.
(10) Includes roller skating (43,146 injuries) and in-line skating (24,588 injuries).
(11) Includes injuries associated with swimming, swimming pools, pool slides, diving or diving boards, and swimming pool equipment.
NA=Data not available.
Source: National Safety Council. |