Table 1.
Counts and Incidence Rates of Injuries Requiring Emergency Transport Among Collegiate and High School Student-Athletesa
| Sport |
College |
High School |
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| All Reported Sport Injuries, No. (%) |
Incidence Rate/10 000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
All Reported Sport Injuries, No. (%) |
Incidence Rate/10 000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
|
| Men's or boys' baseball | 11 (1.1) | 0.49 (0.20, 0.78) | 3 (0.3) | 0.14 (0.00, 0.31) |
| Men's or boys' basketball | 16 (0.7) | 0.56 (0.29, 0.84) | 7 (0.3) | 0.19 (0.05, 0.33) |
| Men's or boys' cross country | 2 (0.7) | 0.35 (0.00, 0.82) | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Men's or boys' football | 121 (1.1) | 1.08 (0.89, 1.27) | 89 (0.5) | 0.80 (0.64, 0.97) |
| Men's ice hockeyb | 44 (1.2) | 1.09 (0.77, 1.41) | NA | NA |
| Men's or boys' lacrosse | 16 (1.5) | 0.80 (0.41, 1.20) | 1 (0.1) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.18) |
| Men's or boys' soccer | 15 (1.0) | 0.79 (0.39, 1.18) | 7 (0.4) | 0.34 (0.09, 0.58) |
| Men's or boys' swimming and diving | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Men's or boys' tennis | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Men's or boys' indoor track | 1 (0.2) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.19) | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Men's or boys' outdoor track | 4 (1.1) | 0.38 (0.01, 0.75) | 2 (0.1) | 0.07 (0.00, 0.17) |
| Men's or boys' wrestling | 11 (0.9) | 1.10 (0.45, 1.75) | 10 (0.4) | 0.42 (0.16, 0.68) |
| Women's or girls' basketball | 9 (0.6) | 0.38 (0.13, 0.62) | 8 (0.3) | 0.28 (0.09, 0.47) |
| Women's or girls' cross country | 1 (0.3) | 0.18 (0.00, 0.54) | 1 (0.1) | 0.05 (0.00, 0.15) |
| Women's or girls' field hockey | 1 (0.5) | 0.21 (0.00, 0.62) | 1 (0.1) | 0.07 (0.00, 0.20) |
| Women's or girls' gymnastics | 6 (1.2) | 1.06 (0.21, 1.91) | 2 (0.7) | 0.66 (0.00, 1.58) |
| Women's ice hockeyb | 19 (2.0) | 1.28 (0.71, 1.86) | NA | NA |
| Women's or girls' lacrosse | 8 (1.1) | 0.56 (0.17, 0.95) | 1 (0.1) | 0.10 (0.00, 0.29) |
| Women's or girls' soccer | 24 (1.1) | 0.90 (0.54, 1.26) | 2 (0.1) | 0.12 (0.00, 0.27) |
| Women's or girls' softball | 13 (1.3) | 0.62 (0.28, 0.96) | 3 (0.3) | 0.21 (0.00, 0.46) |
| Women's or girls' swimming and diving | 1 (0.4) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.19) | 1 (0.6) | 0.23 (0.00, 0.68) |
| Women's or girls' tennis | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Women's or girls' indoor track | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 | 1 (0.1) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.17) |
| Women's or girls' outdoor track | 2 (0.5) | 0.22 (0.00, 0.52) | 5 (0.3) | 0.23 (0.03, 0.43) |
| Women's or girls' volleyball | 14 (1.1) | 0.71 (0.34, 1.07) | 2 (0.1) | 0.07 (0.00, 0.16) |
| Men's or boys' sports totalc | 109 (1.0) | 0.61 (0.50, 0.73) | 20 (0.2) | 0.11 (0.06, 0.16) |
| Women's or girls' sports totalc | 77 (0.9) | 0.51 (0.40, 0.62) | 22 (0.2) | 0.16 (0.09, 0.22) |
| Overall total | 339 (1.0) | 0.70 (0.63, 0.78) | 146 (0.3) | 0.29 (0.24, 0.33) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Collegiate data originated from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program (2009–2010 through 2014–2015) and high school data from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (2011–2012 through 2013–2014).
b
National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network data did not include boys' or girls' ice hockey.
c
Only included sports in which both sexes participated (ie, baseball or softball, basketball, cross-country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track, and outdoor track).