Table 1.

Catastrophic traumatic injuries by sport level, July 2002-June 2017

	Level				Total (N = 54)
	College (n = 13)		High School (n = 41)
	n	Column %	n	Column %	n	Column %
Sex
Female	12	92	40	98	52	96
Male	1	8	1	2	2	4
Injury month
January–March	9	69	13	32	22	41
April–June	0	0	6	15	6	11
July–September	1	8	6	15	7	13
October–December	3	23	16	39	19	35
Injury severity
Serious	8	62	19	46	27	50
Nonfatal	5	38	19	46	24	44
Fatal	0	0	1	2	1	2
Unknown	0	0	2	5	2	4
Body part injured
Brain/head	6	46	22	54	28	52
Cervical spine	6	46	11	27	17	32
Othera	0	0	4	10	4	7
Other spine	1	8	4	10	5	9
Position
Base	0	0	4	10	4	7
Flyer	10	77	28	68	38	70
Tumbler	2	15	6	15	8	15
Unknown	1	8	3	7	4	7
Activity
General play	0	0	1	2	1	2
Basket toss	5	38	14	34	19	35
Pyramid	2	15	4	10	6	11
Any other team formation involving  3+ persons	2	15	6	15	8	15
Two-person stunt (eg, shoulder stand)	2	15	3	7	5	9
Tumbling and floor routine	2	15	5	12	7	13
Other	0	0	6	15	6	11
Unknown	0	0	2	5	2	4
Type of ailment
Fracture	8	62	21	51	29	54
Traumatic brain injury	3	23	10	24	13	24
Otherb	1	8	6	15	7	13
Unknownc	1	8	4	10	5	9
Event
Competition	5	38	9	22	14	26
Practice	8	62	29	71	37	69
Other	0	0	1	2	1	2
Unknown	0	0	2	5	2	4

^aAmong 4 injuries occurring outside of the brain/head or spine, 2 were to the coccyx, and the remaining 2 were to the heart and spleen.

^bAmong 7 injuries due to other types of injury, 2 were due to contusions to the neck or spinal cord, 1 was a nerve injury, 1 was due to commotio cordis, 1 was due to a spleen rupture, and 2 were due to other unspecified trauma.

^cAmong 5 unknown injury types, 4 were to the head and 1 was to the thoracic vertebrae.