Football
You knew this would be #1 before we even started. But you probably
didn’t know just how much more dangerous football is than other sports.
Sure, it was second in total injuries to basketball with 2,490,000. But
there are so many fewer people playing football, which means the rate of
injury is astronomically higher: 4.85%.
That’s right, football players are more than twice as likely to sustain injuries as a player in the next most dangerous sport. And despite all the hullabaloo in hockey about “head shots” this year, football is king of head injuries with 274,455. It’s also tops in shoulder (144,896), lower arm (88,266), lower trunk (98,565), and lower leg (88.234) injuries.
So play football at your own risk, folks. I’m going to stick to soccer. It’s not even on the list.
That’s right, football players are more than twice as likely to sustain injuries as a player in the next most dangerous sport. And despite all the hullabaloo in hockey about “head shots” this year, football is king of head injuries with 274,455. It’s also tops in shoulder (144,896), lower arm (88,266), lower trunk (98,565), and lower leg (88.234) injuries.
So play football at your own risk, folks. I’m going to stick to soccer. It’s not even on the list.
You know, basketball is so popular that we forget how painful it can
be. Last year basketball won the overall category with a whopping
2,560,000 injuries reported. And they came in 3rd in the injury rate
category with 1.85% of participants getting bruised and battered.
The majority of the injuries sustained were, obviously, ankle sprains. There were 258,348 of those, more than any other sport. Basketball also dominated finger and knee injuries, with 198,413 and 175,505 respectively. Oh, and of course the sport was tops in face and cheek injuries with 190,167. (Even the Basketball Player-in-Chief isn’t immune from face injuries.)
The majority of the injuries sustained were, obviously, ankle sprains. There were 258,348 of those, more than any other sport. Basketball also dominated finger and knee injuries, with 198,413 and 175,505 respectively. Oh, and of course the sport was tops in face and cheek injuries with 190,167. (Even the Basketball Player-in-Chief isn’t immune from face injuries.)
Cycling
After motorsports, cycling is probably the sport in which you’re most
likely to get killed. Racing is dangerous. Mountain biking is
dangerous. Just riding around block is dangerous. That’s why there were
2.49 million cycling injuries reported last year, the second highest
total. And the injury rate was 1.29%—not staggering, but the 5th overall
and just a half percentage point behind skateboarding at #2.
Lacrosse
Unfortunately there aren’t enough registered lacrosse players out
there to know exactly what percentage of them can expect to sustain
injuries. But we do know there were about 96,000 of them reported last
year, 10th most among all sports. And if you’ve ever watched lacross,
you know it’s a gritty game…and sometimes downright violent.
Skateboarding
Hardly shocking, is it? The whole point of skateboarding is to do
stuff that’s dangerous until you master it. And while the official
sanctioned competitions wear lots of protective gear, the kids thrashing
on the street usually do not—which is why there were 676,000 boarding
injuries reported last year, for 1.86% of the participants. That’s the
second-highest injury rate of any sport.
Horseback Riding
Like lacrosse, we don’t have enough data on horseback riding
participation to know what percentage of riders get injured. But since
horses are kind of expensive and difficult to care for, we’re going to
assume the vast majority of people don’t ride no horses. And that makes
the 316,000 injuries reported last year pretty astounding. We’re talking
3x the number of injuries as in hockey, but there’s no way there are as
many horseback riders.
So just say no to horses, kids. Your parents (and their checkbooks) will thank you.
So just say no to horses, kids. Your parents (and their checkbooks) will thank you.
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