Table 2.
Exertional Heat Illness Counts and Rates Among Student-Athletes in 25 Sports by Time in Season: National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2009–2010 Through 2014–2015
| Sport |
Count |
Rate per 10 000 Athlete-Exposuresa (95% CI) |
Injury Rate Ratio (95% CI): Preseason Practice Versus All Other Time Periods |
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| Practice |
Competition |
Preseason Practice |
All Other Time Periodsb |
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| Pre |
Regular |
Post |
Pre |
Regular |
Post |
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| Men's football | 125 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3.65 (3.01, 4.29) | 0.63 (0.45, 0.80) | 5.82 (4.18, 8.10) |
| Men's wrestling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.35 (0.00, 1.04) | 0.28 (0.00, 0.67) | 1.25 (0.11, 13.76) |
| Women's field hockey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.28 (0.00, 0.82) | NA |
| Women's indoor track | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 (0.00, 0.40) | 0.00 | NA |
| Women's lacrosse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.10 (0.00, 0.30) | NA |
| Women's outdoor track | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.42 (0.00, 1.24) | 0.74 (0.09, 1.39) | 0.56 (0.07, 4.83) |
| Women's swimming and diving | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.09 (0.00, 0.26) | NA |
| Women's tennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.96 (0.00, 2.84) | 0.29 (0.00, 0.84) | 3.36 (0.21, 53.79) |
| Women's volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 (0.00, 0.63) | 0.00 | NA |
| Men's baseball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.33 (0.04, 0.63) | NA |
| Women's softball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.07 (0.00, 0.21) | NA |
| Men's basketball | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.80 (0.10, 1.51) | 0.32 (0.08, 0.55) | 2.54 (0.80, 7.99) |
| Women's basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.19 (0.00, 0.56) | 0.05 (0.00, 0.16) | 3.56 (0.22, 56.95) |
| Men's cross-county | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.87 (0.00, 2.57) | 0.43 (0.00, 1.03) | 2.02 (0.18, 22.25) |
| Women's cross-country | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.46 (0.00, 1.10) | NA |
| Men's ice hockey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.05 (0.00, 0.13) | NA |
| Women's ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 (0.00, 1.64) | 0.00 | NA |
| Men's soccer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.11 (0.14, 2.08) | 0.07 (0.00, 0.20) | 16.19 (1.89, 138.55) |
| Women's soccer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.10 (0.29, 1.92) | 0.05 (0.00, 0.15) | 22.52 (2.77, 183.05) |
| Men's sports overallc | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0.25 (0.10, 0.40) | 0.13 (0.07, 0.19) | 2.02 (0.95, 4.31) |
| Women's sports overallc | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.30 (0.13, 0.46) | 0.12 (0.05, 0.18) | 2.53 (1.15, 5.54) |
| Overall totald | 150 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 1.16 (0.97, 1.34) | 0.23 (0.18, 0.28) | 4.96 (3.79, 6.50) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; Post, postseason; Pre, preseason.
One student-athlete participating in 1 practice or 1 competition.
All other time periods include regular season practices, postseason practices, preseason competitions, regular season competitions, and postseason competitions.
Includes only sex-comparable sports (baseball and softball, basketball, cross-country, ice hockey, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, swimming and diving, and tennis).
No exertional heat illnesses were reported in men's indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, swimming and diving, and tennis and women's gymnastics.