Table 3.
Severe Injury Rates Among Student-Athletes in 25 Sports by Time in Season, National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2009–2010 Through 2014–2015 Academic Years
| Sport |
Severe Injuries, No. (% of Total)a |
Rate per 1000 Athlete-Exposuresb (95% Confidence Interval) |
Preseason : Regular- Season Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) |
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| Preseason |
Regular Season |
Postseason |
Preseason |
Regular Season |
Postseason |
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| Men's football | 327 (9.2) | 740 (10.7) | 27 (11.4) | 0.95 (0.85, 1.06) | 1.01 (0.94, 1.08) | 0.55 (0.35, 0.76) | 0.94 (0.83, 1.08) |
| Men's wrestling | 37 (11.0) | 127 (15.0) | 9 (21.4) | 1.30 (0.88, 1.71) | 1.94 (1.60, 2.28) | 1.55 (0.54, 2.56) | 0.67 (0.46, 0.96) |
| Women's field hockey | 2 (3.8) | 12 (8.5) | 0 | 0.17 (0.00, 0.41) | 0.38 (0.16, 0.59) | 0.00 | 0.46 (0.10, 2.04) |
| Women's gymnastics | 58 (17.9) | 19 (11.9) | 2 (9.5) | 1.85 (1.38, 2.33) | 0.90 (0.50, 1.31) | 0.47 (0.00, 1.12) | 2.05 (1.22, 3.44) |
| Women's volleyball | 30 (6.0) | 69 (8.7) | 2 (9.1) | 0.63 (0.41, 0.86) | 0.48 (0.37, 0.59) | 0.30 (0.00, 0.72) | 1.32 (0.86, 2.03) |
| Men's baseball | 31 (9.7) | 57 (9.2) | 2 (6.7) | 0.42 (0.27, 0.56) | 0.40 (0.30, 0.50) | 0.28 (0.00, 0.66) | 1.04 (0.67, 1.61) |
| Women's softball | 20 (5.3) | 41 (6.8) | 0 | 0.30 (0.17, 0.43) | 0.31 (0.21, 0.40) | 0.00 | 0.98 (0.57, 1.67) |
| Men's basketball | 32 (4.9) | 78 (5.0) | 7 (8.1) | 0.51 (0.33, 0.69) | 0.38 (0.29, 0.46) | 0.53 (0.14, 0.93) | 1.36 (0.90, 2.05) |
| Women's basketball | 53 (11.7) | 94 (8.3) | 7 (14.9) | 1.00 (0.73, 1.28) | 0.54 (0.43, 0.64) | 0.60 (0.16, 1.05) | 1.88 (1.34, 2.63) |
| Men's cross-county | 9 (11.0) | 12 (6.9) | 1 (7.1) | 0.78 (0.27, 1.29) | 0.29 (0.13, 0.46) | 0.18 (0.00, 0.55) | 2.66 (1.12, 6.31) |
| Women's cross-country | 13 (13.4) | 27 (12.9) | 1 (7.7) | 1.16 (0.53, 1.79) | 0.69 (0.43, 0.95) | 0.24 (0.00, 0.70) | 1.69 (0.87, 3.27) |
| Men's ice hockey | 30 (9.4) | 335 (10.4) | 16 (11.9) | 0.73 (0.47, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.89, 1.11) | 0.55 (0.28, 0.81) | 0.73 (0.50, 1.06) |
| Women's ice hockey | 11 (8.5) | 51 (6.5) | 4 (18.2) | 0.60 (0.25, 0.96) | 0.42 (0.30, 0.53) | 0.51 (0.01, 1.02) | 1.44 (0.75, 2.76) |
| Men's lacrosse | 32 (9.7) | 80 (11.8) | 3 (6.5) | 0.52 (0.34, 0.70) | 0.65 (0.51, 0.80) | 0.20 (0.00, 0.42) | 0.80 (0.53, 1.20) |
| Women's lacrosse | 13 (5.0) | 42 (10.0) | 2 (7.7) | 0.28 (0.13, 0.44) | 0.48 (0.33, 0.62) | 0.21 (0.00, 0.51) | 0.59 (0.32, 1.10) |
| Men's soccer | 16 (3.9) | 92 (8.9) | 7 (6.6) | 0.35 (0.18, 0.52) | 0.71 (0.56, 0.85) | 0.47 (0.12, 0.83) | 0.49 (0.29, 0.83) |
| Women's soccer | 48 (7.2) | 173 (11.7) | 15 (11.9) | 0.74 (0.53, 0.95) | 0.92 (0.78, 1.05) | 1.04 (0.51, 1.56) | 0.81 (0.59, 1.12) |
| Men's swimming and diving | 3 (4.3) | 2 (1.5) | 0 | 0.10 (0.00, 0.22) | 0.02 (0.00, 0.05) | 0.00 | 4.82 (0.81, 28.85) |
| Women's swimming and diving | 1 (1.0) | 7 (4.6) | 1 (16.7) | 0.02 (0.00, 0.07) | 0.07 (0.02, 0.12) | 0.09 (0.00, 0.26) | 0.37 (0.05, 3.02) |
| Men's tennis | 6 (17.1) | 14 (9.9) | 0 | 0.90 (0.18, 1.62) | 0.61 (0.29, 0.93) | 0.00 | 1.47 (0.56, 3.83) |
| Women's tennis | 1 (1.3) | 12 (8.2) | 0 | 0.09 (0.00, 0.28) | 0.37 (0.16, 0.58) | 0.00 | 0.25 (0.03, 1.93) |
| Men's indoor track and field | 24 (10.3) | 33 (11.2) | 2 (7.7) | 0.31 (0.19, 0.44) | 0.46 (0.30, 0.61) | 0.33 (0.00, 0.79) | 0.68 (0.40, 1.16) |
| Women's indoor track and field | 40 (14.0) | 30 (9.8) | 1 (6.3) | 0.54 (0.37, 0.71) | 0.39 (0.25, 0.53) | 0.21 (0.00, 0.62) | 1.39 (0.87, 2.24) |
| Men's outdoor track and field | 8 (10.5) | 25 (9.5) | 0 | 0.31 (0.09, 0.52) | 0.34 (0.20, 0.47) | 0.00 | 0.91 (0.41, 2.02) |
| Women's outdoor track and field | 23 (23.0) | 34 (13.7) | 0 | 0.96 (0.57, 1.35) | 0.55 (0.36, 0.73) | 0.00 | 1.75 (1.03, 2.97) |
| Men's sports overallc | 191 (7.6) | 728 (8.9) | 38 (8.3) | 0.44 (0.38, 0.50) | 0.59 (0.54, 0.63) | 0.36 (0.24, 0.47) | 0.75 (0.64, 0.88) |
| Women's sports overallc | 223 (8.8) | 511 (9.3) | 31 (10.4) | 0.55 (0.47, 0.62) | 0.50 (0.46, 0.54) | 0.39 (0.25, 0.52) | 1.09 (0.93, 1.28) |
| Overall total | 868 (8.8) | 2206 (9.8) | 109 (10.0) | 0.66 (0.62, 0.71) | 0.68 (0.65, 0.70) | 0.43 (0.35, 0.51) | 0.98 (0.91, 1.06) |
a
Rate estimates with cell sizes smaller than 5 should be interpreted with caution.
b
One athlete-exposure = 1 athlete participating in 1 practice or competition.
c
Includes only sex-comparable sports (baseball/softball, basketball, cross-country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field).