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. 2019 Mar 19;5(1):e000491. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000491

Table 3.

Financial costs for inpatient youth by sports E-code, 2010–2014

Count Inpatient: 2014 dollars
Full contact sports Average ($) Sum ($)
Basketball 364 5931 2 093 583
Boxing 7 4678 32 746
American football 852 5859 4 892 582
Lacrosse/Field hockey 22 5784 115 685
Martial arts 23 5423 124 737
Rugby 6 4017 24 106
Soccer 314 5502 1 639 706
Wrestling 95 7938 738 274
Limited contact sports
Baseball 230 5063 1 139 159
Bike riding 249 7908 1 921 557
Flag football 46 5957 268 087
Frisbee 3 28 366 85 099
Horseback riding 63 6227 386 081
Racquet/Hand sports 4 6203 24 812
Roller-skating/Skateboarding 258 5592 1 425 874
School games 37 4745 166 081
Volleyball 20 12 370 321 621
Non-contact sports
Bowling 3 4788 14 363
Golf 16 14 693 235 090
Jumping rope 2 3231 6462
Non-running track and field events 6 6633 33 165
Other
Other sports played individually 245 6843 1 608 155
Other sports played as a team 64 5028 321 792
Other sports 108 8844 928 664
Mechanism
Fall from sports 353 6470 2 245 043
Struck in sports 1383 5431 7 365 263
Struck in sports with fall 516 6177 3 131 919

E-code, external cause of injury code.