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. 2017 Mar;52(3):167–174. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-51.6.05

Table 2. .

Athlete-Based Concussion Rates Among National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athletes in Collegiate Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2011–2012 Through 2014–2015 Academic Years

Sport
Counts
Rates per 1000 Athlete-Exposuresa (95% Confidence Interval)
Overall
Competition
Practice
Overall
Competition
Practice
Men's
 Baseball 13 9 4 0.09 (0.04, 0.14) 0.16 (0.06, 0.27) 0.04 (0.00, 0.08)
 Basketball 76 23 53 0.38 (0.29, 0.46) 0.53 (0.31, 0.74) 0.34 (0.24, 0.43)
 Football 552 237 315 0.75 (0.69, 0.81) 3.25 (2.84, 3.66) 0.48 (0.42, 0.53)
 Ice hockey 266 211 55 0.74 (0.65, 0.83) 2.40 (2.07, 2.72) 0.20 (0.15, 0.25)
 Lacrosse 45 22 23 0.30 (0.22, 0.39) 0.91 (0.53, 1.30) 0.19 (0.11, 0.26)
 Soccer 31 18 13 0.26 (0.17, 0.35) 0.67 (0.36, 0.98) 0.14 (0.06, 0.21)
 Wrestling 68 35 33 0.89 (0.68, 1.10) 4.31 (2.88, 5.74) 0.48 (0.32, 0.65)
Women's
 Basketball 95 41 54 0.53 (0.43, 0.64) 1.00 (0.69, 1.31) 0.39 (0.29, 0.50)
 Ice hockey 98 70 28 0.78 (0.63, 0.94) 2.11 (1.61, 2.60) 0.31 (0.19, 0.42)
 Lacrosse 50 27 23 0.45 (0.32, 0.57) 1.28 (0.80, 1.77) 0.25 (0.15, 0.36)
 Soccer 98 73 25 0.54 (0.43, 0.64) 1.65 (1.27, 2.03) 0.18 (0.11, 0.25)
 Softball 40 23 17 0.26 (0.18, 0.35) 0.42 (0.25, 0.59) 0.18 (0.09, 0.26)
 Volleyball 53 26 27 0.37 (0.27, 0.47) 0.64 (0.39, 0.88) 0.27 (0.17, 0.37)
a 

An athlete-exposure is defined as 1 student-athlete participating in 1 practice or 1 competition.