ShareThisSport-specific injury rates (per 1,000 practices and competitions) for select high-school sports reported by athletic trainers at 100 high schools during the 2005-06 school year.
Sport ................. Overall .. Practice... Game
Boys football ......... 4.36 ..... 2.54 ...... 12.09
Boys wrestling......... 2.50 ..... 2.04 ....... 3.93
Boys soccer ........... 2.43 ..... 1.58 ....... 4.22
Girls soccer .......... 2.36 ..... 1.10 ....... 5.21
Girls basketball ...... 2.01 ..... 1.37 ....... 3.60
Boys basketball ....... 1.89 ..... 1.46 ....... 2.98
Girls volleyball ...... 1.64 ..... 1.48 ....... 1.92
Boys baseball ......... 1.19 ..... 0.87 ....... 1.77
Girls softball ........ 1.13 ..... 0.79 ....... 1.78
Total ................. 2.44 ..... 1.69 ....... 4.63
Source: High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study by Center for Injury Research and Policy at Columbus Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
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