Table 6.
Number of Injuries, National Estimates, and Injury Rates by Mechanism of Injury and Type of Athlete-Exposure in High School Girls' and Collegiate Women's Soccera
| Surveillance System and Mechanism of Injury |
Practice |
Competition |
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| Injuries in Sample, No. (%) |
National Estimates, No. (%) |
Injury Rate/1000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
Injuries in Sample, No. (%) |
National Estimates, No. (%) |
Injury Rate/1000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
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| HS RIO (2005–2006 through 2013–2014) | ||||||
| Contact with another person | 196 (19.2) | 96 059 (16.7) | 0.20 (0.17, 0.23) | 1177 (54.5) | 670 108 (53.0) | 2.81 (2.65, 2.98) |
| Contact with playing surface | 164 (16.1) | 110 181 (19.2) | 0.17 (0.14, 0.19) | 316 (14.6) | 191 766 (15.2) | 0.76 (0.67, 0.84) |
| Contact with soccer ball | 110 (10.8) | 62 662 (10.9) | 0.11 (0.09, 0.13) | 223 (10.3) | 138 211 (10.9) | 0.53 (0.46, 0.60) |
| Contact with goal | 3 (0.3) | 1654 (0.3) | <0.01 (0.00, 0.01) | 5 (0.2) | 3475 (0.3) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) |
| Contact with other playing equipment | 11 (1.1) | 5847 (1.0) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 11 (0.5) | 6442 (0.5) | 0.03 (0.01, 0.04) |
| Contact with out of bounds object | 1 (0.1) | 505 (0.1) | <0.01 (0.00, <0.01) | 1 (0.1) | 973 (0.1) | <0.01 (0.00, 0.01) |
| No contact | 355 (34.8) | 183 698 (32.0) | 0.36 (0.33, 0.40) | 371 (17.2) | 217 637 (17.2) | 0.89 (0.80, 0.98) |
| Overuse/chronic | 157 (15.4) | 100 471 (17.5) | 0.16 (0.14, 0.19) | 48 (2.2) | 29 398 (2.3) | 0.11 (0.08, 0.15) |
| Illness/infection | 22 (2.2) | 12 943 (2.3) | 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) | 6 (0.3) | 6186 (0.5) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.03) |
| NCAA-ISP (2004–2005 through 2013–2014) | ||||||
| Contact with another person | 486 (19.0) | 8812 (18.4) | 0.83 (0.76, 0.91) | 1315 (53.6) | 25 049 (53.5) | 6.96 (6.58, 7.34) |
| Contact with playing surface | 306 (12.0) | 6211 (13.0) | 0.52 (0.47, 0.58) | 368 (15.0) | 7189 (15.4) | 1.95 (1.75, 2.15) |
| Contact with soccer ball | 296 (11.6) | 6011 (12.6) | 0.51 (0.45, 0.57) | 189 (7.7) | 3962 (8.5) | 1.00 (0.86, 1.14) |
| Contact with goal | 6 (0.2) | 65 (0.1) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 7 (0.3) | 126 (0.3) | 0.04 (0.01, 0.06) |
| Contact with other playing equipment | 7 (0.3) | 145 (0.3) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) | 4 (0.2) | 43 (0.1) | 0.02 (0.00, 0.04) |
| Contact with out of bounds object | 1 (0.0) | 69 (0.1) | <0.01 (0.00, 0.01) | 1 (0.0) | 9 (0.0) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.02) |
| No contact | 980 (38.3) | 17 835 (37.1) | 1.68 (1.58, 1.79) | 442 (18.0) | 8251 (17.6) | 2.34 (2.12, 2.56) |
| Overuse/chronic | 355 (13.9) | 6735 (14.1) | 0.61 (0.55, 0.67) | 103 (4.2) | 1718 (3.7) | 0.55 (0.44, 0.65) |
| Illness/infection | 121 (4.7) | 2020 (4.2) | 0.21 (0.17, 0.24) | 24 (1.0) | 452 (1.0) | 0.13 (0.08, 0.18) |
Abbreviations: HS RIO, High School Reporting Information Online; NCAA-ISP, National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program.
Mechanism of injury excludes 65 injuries reported in HS RIO and 81 injuries reported in the NCAA-ISP because of missing data or athletic trainer reporting Other or Unknown. Percentages may not add up to 100.0 because of rounding error. High school data originated from HS RIO surveillance data, 2005–2006 through 2013–2014; collegiate data originated from NCAA-ISP surveillance data, 2004–2005 through 2013–2014. Injuries included in the analysis were those that (1) occurred during a sanctioned practice or competition, (2) were evaluated or treated (or both) by an athletic trainer, physician, or other health care professional, and (3) restricted the student-athlete from participation for at least 24 hours past the day of injury. All concussions, fractures, and dental injuries were included in the analysis, regardless of time loss. Data may include multiple injuries that occurred at 1 injury event.