Table 3 Organized and individual sports-related head trauma by sex treated in U.S. EDs with 95 % CI
From: Emergency department visits for head trauma in the United States
Organized sports (OS) | Male | Female | ||
Estimated ED visits | % of all OS (95 % CI) | Estimated ED visits | % of all OS (95 % CI) | |
Football | 209,946 | 33.3 (30.7–35.8) | 10,312 | 1.6 (1.3–1.9) |
Basketball | 89,595 | 14.2 (12.5–15.9) | 42,335 | 6.7 (5.8–7.7) |
Soccer | 54,899 | 8.7 (7.0–10.4) | 43,811 | 6.9 (5.3–8.5) |
Baseball | 68,416 | 10.8 (9.6–12.0) | 15,106 | 2.4 (1.9–2.9) |
Hockey | 34,109 | a | 7341 | 1.2 (0.6–1.7) |
Softball | 12,304 | 2.0 (1.5–2.4) | 28,912 | 4.6 (3.9–5.2) |
Volleyball | 3081 | 0.5 (0.2–0.7) | 10,767 | 1.7 (1.4–2.1) |
Individual sports (IS) | Male | Female | ||
Estimated ED visits | % of all IS (95 % CI) | Estimated ED visits | % of all IS (95 % CI) | |
Bicycle | 221,150 | 25.1 (22.7–27.5) | 65,828 | 7.5 (6.6–8.4) |
Playground | 63,921 | 7.3 (5.8–8.7) | 52,023 | 5.9 (4.8–7.0) |
ATV | 56,149 | 6.4 (4.0–8.8) | 24,542 | 2.8 (1.5–4.0) |
Horseback | 16,376 | 1.9 (0.9–2.8) | 45,481 | 5.2 (3.9–6.5) |
Skateboard | 43,506 | 4.9 (3.3–6.5) | 6186 | 0.7 (0.4–1.0) |
Snow skiing | 32,643 | a | 14,649 | a |
Misc ball games | 31,143 | 3.5 (2.4–4.7) | 13,963 | 1.6 (0.9–2.2) |
Exercise | 24,628 | 2.8 (2.3–3.3) | 20,253 | 2.3 (1.9–2.7) |
Swimming | 26,392 | 3.0 (2.6–3.4) | 18,423 | 2.1 (1.7–2.5) |
Moped/Minibike/Other Off-road | 35,314 | 4.0 (3.2–4.8) | 4421 | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) |
Gymnastics | 5,627 | 0.6 (0.4–0.8) | 27,638 | 3.1 (2.5–3.8) |
Combative | 26,269 | 3.3 (2.5–4.1) | 1811 | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) |