Sports Injuries By Number Of Injuries, 2017 |
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Number of injuries by age |
Sport, activity or equipment |
Injuries (1) |
Younger than 5 |
5 to 14 |
14 to 24 |
25 to 64 |
65 and older |
Exercise, exercise equipment |
526,350 |
7,103 |
54,407 |
110,072 |
282,716 |
72,052 |
Basketball |
500,085 |
1,532 |
181,607 |
227,216 |
88,571 |
1,159 |
Bicycles and accessories |
457,266 |
17,871 |
129,620 |
70,495 |
201,539 |
37,740 |
Football |
341,150 |
876 |
171,621 |
136,296 |
31,972 |
384 |
Playground equipment |
242,359 |
57,119 |
163,689 |
7,174 |
12,651 |
1,726 |
Soccer |
218,926 |
1,473 |
98,746 |
84,016 |
34,044 |
647 |
ATV's, mopeds, minibikes, etc. |
214,761 |
3,501 |
38,967 |
54,327 |
98,860 |
19,106 |
Swimming, pools, equipment |
199,246 |
21,304 |
87,672 |
30,113 |
48,282 |
11,875 |
Baseball, softball |
187,447 |
3,279 |
82,772 |
53,563 |
44,971 |
2,862 |
Trampolines |
145,207 |
26,658 |
90,671 |
16,543 |
11,239 |
95 |
Skateboards |
98,486 |
1,403 |
26,922 |
47,859 |
22,073 |
229 |
Lacrosse, rugby, misc. ball games |
73,829 |
791 |
29,629 |
25,624 |
12,091 |
5,694 |
Skating (excl. in-line) |
67,132 |
575 |
33,696 |
11,789 |
19,374 |
1,699 |
Volleyball |
51,653 |
30 |
17,510 |
24,086 |
9,547 |
481 |
Horseback riding |
48,796 |
578 |
8,001 |
10,295 |
25,615 |
4,306 |
Hockey |
44,353 |
149 |
13,862 |
18,333 |
11,894 |
115 |
Track and field activities, equipment |
35,938 |
82 |
14,091 |
16,176 |
5,221 |
367 |
Beach, picnic, camping equipment |
28,604 |
3,140 |
5,450 |
2,134 |
12,946 |
4,933 |
Racquet sports |
28,310 |
117 |
4,882 |
4,615 |
10,040 |
8,656 |
Water skiing, tubing, surfing |
20,463 |
388 |
3,589 |
6,260 |
9,904 |
322 |
Nonpowder guns, BB'S, pellets |
18,652 |
1,185 |
6,679 |
5,488 |
5,114 |
186 |
Boxing |
17,293 |
157 |
1,657 |
8,063 |
7,400 |
16 |
Toboggans, sleds, snow discs, etc. |
13,954 |
1,166 |
7,662 |
1,689 |
3,340 |
96 |
(1) Treated in hospital emergency departments.
Source: National Safety Council analysis of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission NEISS data. National Safety Council. Injury Facts®. |
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