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To: crushelits

No boxing--this is NCAA:


Catastrophic-injury research
Direct injuries

The number of direct injuries per 100,000 participants for college sports from 1982-83 through 1995-96:

Male

Sport -- Fatalities -- Nonfatal -- Serious

Baseball -- 0.68 -- 0.00 -- 0.34

Basketball -- 0.00 -- 0.54 -- 1.09

Cross country -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Football -- 0.48 -- 1.71 -- 5.81

Gymnastics -- 0.00 -- 27.44 -- 9.14

Ice hockey -- 0.00 -- 5.49 -- 5.49

Lacrosse -- 0.00 -- 1.45 -- 2.91

Skiing -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Soccer -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.48

Swimming -- 0.00 -- 0.91 -- 0.00

Tennis -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Track -- 0.43 -- 0.43 -- 0.64

Wrestling -- 0.00 -- 0.98 -- 0.00

Female

Sport -- Fatalities -- Nonfatal -- Serious

Basketball -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Cross country -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Field hockey -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 1.39

Gymnastics -- 0.00 -- 9.13 -- 0.00

Ice hockey -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Lacrosse -- 0.00 -- 2.34 -- 0.00

Skiing -- 14.13 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Soccer -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Softball -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Swimming -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Tennis -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Track -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Wrestling -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Indirect injuries

The number of indirect injuries per 100,000 participants for college sports from 1982-83 through 1995-96:

Male

Sport -- Fatalities -- Nonfatal -- Serious

Baseball -- 0.68 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Basketball -- 5.98 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Cross country -- 0.74 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Football -- 2.19 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Gymnastics -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Ice hockey -- 1.83 -- 1.83 -- 0.00

Lacrosse -- 1.45 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Skiing -- 9.49 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Soccer -- 0.97 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Swimming -- 2.74 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Tennis -- 0.92 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Track -- 0.21 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Water polo -- 6.81 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Wrestling -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Female

Sport -- Fatalities -- Nonfatal -- Serious

Basketball -- 0.64 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Cross country -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Gymnastics -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Ice hockey -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Lacrosse -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Skiing -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Soccer -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Softball -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Swimming -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Tennis -- 0.97 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Track -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Water polo -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00

Wrestling -- 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00


5 posted on 04/05/2005 8:29:58 PM PDT by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: Pharmboy

I better start encouraging my kids to take up a sport besides skiing. Yikes!


9 posted on 04/05/2005 8:39:45 PM PDT by tahoeblue
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To: Pharmboy

Skiing is not kind to either gender.


10 posted on 04/05/2005 8:39:52 PM PDT by skr (May God bless those in harm's way and confound those who would do the harming)
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To: Pharmboy

Looks like the female ski team had a coach named Sonny Bono.


23 posted on 04/05/2005 9:27:45 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberals believe in their good; a good that is void of honesty and character)
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