Table 1.
Summary of Sports Data
Sport |
Sex |
Injuries, No. |
Athlete- Exposures, No. |
Time Loss, Mean (Range), d |
Underwent Surgery, % |
Baseball | Men | 38 | 224 421 | 2.2 (0–31) | 0 |
Basketball | Men | 165 | 283 233 | 6.7 (0–142) | 4.4 |
Women | 126 | 239 980 | 7.7 (0–103) | 2.5 | |
Cross-country | Men | 41 | 57 772 | 3.8 (0–64) | 0 |
Women | 44 | 54 678 | 12.2 (0–77) | 0 | |
Field hockey | Women | 16 | 47 455 | 5.5 (0–41) | 0 |
Football | Men | 525 | 1 122 669 | 7.2 (0–335) | 6.4 |
Gymnastics | Women | 60 | 56 471 | 8.1 (0–67) | 3.5 |
Ice hockey | Men | 120 | 404 430 | 4.6 (0–91) | 2.5 |
Women | 30 | 148 004 | 2.4 (0–48) | 0 | |
Lacrosse | Men | 52 | 199 303 | 7.6 (0–103) | 5.8 |
Women | 34 | 143 023 | 13.7 (0–135) | 3 | |
Soccer | Men | 125 | 190 657 | 3.7 (0–45) | 3.4 |
Women | 171 | 267 653 | 5.2 (0–58) | 2.4 | |
Softball | Women | 47 | 209 396 | 3.5 (0–66) | 4.3 |
Swimming and diving | Men | 8 | 131 745 | 1.9 (0–15) | 0 |
Women | 11 | 156 114 | 4.6 (0–40) | 9.1 | |
Tennis | Men | 11 | 31 785 | 3.3 (0–13) | 0 |
Women | 21 | 45 326 | 22.8 (0–139) | 0 | |
Track and field | Men | 86 | 261 676 | 11.3 (0–146) | 1.3 |
Women | 122 | 247 968 | 11.5 (0–106) | 2.7 | |
Volleyball | Women | 84 | 198 441 | 2.2 (0–41) | 3.6 |
Wrestling | Men | 30 | 99 785 | 7.2 (0–92) | 0 |