Table 2.
Basketball | Football | Soccer | |
Total | |||
Emergency department–treated injuries | 350 033 (±43 917) | 219 164 (±26 524) | 100 820 (±23 060) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 1000 U.S. population | 1.49 (1.30, 1.67) | 0.93 (0.82, 1.04) | 0.43 (0.33, 0.53) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 10 000 h of participation | 2.69 (2.35, 3.02) | 5.08 (4.46, 5.69) | 2.69 (2.07, 3.30) |
Males | |||
Emergency department–treated injuries | 299 143 (±39 013) | 205 418 (±24 432) | 67 481 (±15 130) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 1000 U.S. population | 2.60 (2.26, 2.94) | 1.79 (1.57, 2.00) | 0.59 (0.46, 0.72) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 10 000 h of participation | 2.62 (2.28, 2.96) | 4.90 (4.32, 5.48) | 2.27 (1.76, 2.78) |
Females | |||
Emergency department–treated injuries | 50 795 (±5672) | 13 713 (±2088) | 33 336 (±8271) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 1000 U.S. population | 0.42 (0.37, 0.47) | 0.11 (0.10, 0.13) | 0.28 (0.21, 0.34) |
Injury rate (95% CI), per 10 000 h of participation | 3.13 (2.78, 3.48)a | 11.27 (9.56, 12.99)a | 4.30 (3.23, 5.36)a |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
a Estimates based on fewer than 300 000 respondents. Rates may be unstable and should be interpreted with caution.