Table 1.
Injury Rates per 1000 Athlete-Exposures by Exposure Typea
| Men’s Basketball | Women’s Basketball | Women’s Volleyball | Women’s Gymnastics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Rate (95% CI) | n | Rate (95% CI) | n | Rate (95% CI) | n | Rate (95% CI) | |
| Foot | ||||||||
| Practice | 90 | 0.53 (0.43-0.65) | 61 | 0.41 (0.31-0.53) | 47 | 0.42 (0.31-0.56) | 47 | 1.14 (0.84-1.52) |
| Competition | 43 | 0.93 (0.67-1.25) | 40 | 0.87 (0.62-1.19) | 13 | 0.29 (0.15-0.49) | 5 | 1.21 (0.39-2.82) |
| Total | 133 | 0.62 (0.52-0.73) | 101 | 0.52 (0.42-0.63) | 60 | 0.38 (0.29-0.49) | 52 | 1.15 (0.86-1.50) |
| Ankle | ||||||||
| Practice | 243 | 1.44 (1.26-1.63)b | 138 | 0.93 (0.78-1.09) | 78 | 0.70 (0.55-0.87) | 61 | 1.48 (1.13-1.90) |
| Competition | 107 | 2.30 (1.89-2.78) | 100 | 2.18 (1.78-2.66) | 49 | 1.08 (0.80-1.43) | 14 | 3.38 (1.85-5.67) |
| Total | 350 | 1.62 (1.46-1.80)b | 238 | 1.22 (1.07-1.39) | 127 | 0.81 (0.68-0.96) | 75 | 1.65 (1.30-2.07) |
| Overall | ||||||||
| Practice | 333 | 1.97 (1.76-2.19)b | 199 | 1.34 (1.16-1.53) | 125 | 1.12 (0.93-1.34) | 108 | 2.62 (2.15-3.17) |
| Competition | 150 | 3.23 (2.73-3.79) | 140 | 3.06 (2.57-3.61) | 62 | 1.37 (1.05-1.76) | 19 | 4.58 (2.76-7.16) |
| Total | 483 | 2.24 (1.87-2.14)b | 339 | 1.74 (1.56-1.94) | 187 | 1.19 (1.03-1.38) | 127 | 2.80 (2.34-3.33) |
aData are from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2009-2010 to 2013-2014.
bMale versus female injury rate ratio is >1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI.