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Table 2 Injury Rates and Rate Ratios of Acute versus Overuse Injuries by Year, Gender, Sport, and Exposure Type

From: An epidemiologic comparison of acute and overuse injuries in high school sports

  

Acute Injuries

Overuse Injuries

Injury Rate Ratio (95 % CI)

 

AEs

Number

Rate per 10,000 AEs

Number

Rate per 10,000 AEs

Variable

Total

25 261 047

48 585

19.2

3 700

1.5

13.12 (12.69, 13.57)

Year

  2006-07

1 820 367

4 154

22.8

385

2.1

10.79 (9.72, 11.98)

  2007-08

2 077 780

4 323

20.8

343

1.7

12.60 (11.29, 14.07)

  2008-09

2 112 479

3 848

18.2

287

1.4

13.41 (11.89, 15.12)

  2009-10

1 763 241

3 386

19.2

235

1.3

14.41 (12.62, 16.45)

  2010-11

1 762 485

3 271

18.6

230

1.3

14.22 (12.44, 16.26)

  2011-12

1 733 895

3 552

20.5

243

1.4

14.62 (12.84, 16.65)

  2012-13

1 874 256

3 925

20.9

220

1.2

17.84 (15.58, 20.44)

  2013-14

1 873 729

3 899

20.8

271

1.5

14.39 (12.72, 16.27)

  2014-15

1 723 204

3 557

20.6

207

1.2

17.18 (14.94, 19.77)

  2015-16

1 779 940

3 876

21.8

336

1.9

11.54 (10.32, 12.90)

  2016-17

1 602 904

3 190

19.9

234

1.5

13.63 (11.94, 15.57)

  2017-18

1 674 494

3 850

23.0

374

2.2

10.29 (9.26, 11.45)

  2018-19

1 732 499

3 754

21.6

335

1.9

11.17 (9.99, 12.49)

Gender (all sports)

  Male

15 566 184

36 685

23.6

2 239

1.4

16.38 (15.70, 17.10)

  Female

7 965 090

11 900

14.9

1 461

1.8

8.14 (7.71, 8.60)

Gender (comparable sports)

  Male

7 313 633

9 266

12.7

996

1.4

9.30 (8.71, 9.93)

  Female

5 819 622

9 781

16.8

1 142

2.0

8.56 (8.05, 9.10)

Boys’ Sports

  Football

6 317 503

23 584

37.3

1 051

1.7

22.43 (21.09, 23.86)

  Soccer

2 298 919

3 663

15.9

379

1.7

9.66 (8.70, 10.74)

  Basketball

2 806 929

3 912

13.9

267

1.0

14.65 (12.94, 16.59)

  Wrestling

1 935 048

3 835

19.8

192

1.0

19.97 (17.28, 23.09)

  Baseball

2 207 785

1 691

7.7

350

1.6

4.83 (4.31, 5.42)

Girls’ Sports

  Soccer

2 001 410

4 456

22.3

452

2.3

9.85 (8.95, 10.86)

  Volleyball

2 145 468

2 119

9.9

319

1.5

6.64 (5.90, 7.47)

  Basketball

2 189 892

3 687

16.8

378

1.7

9.75 (8.77, 10.84)

  Softball

1 628 320

1 638

10.1

312

1.9

5.25 (4.65, 5.93)

Exposure Type

  Competition

6 472 178

28 355

43.8

886

1.4

32.00 (29.93, 34.22)

  Practice

17 061 395

20 219

11.9

2 814

1.7

7.19 (6.91, 7.47)