Table 3
1982–1983 to 2007–2008 US high school direct catastrophic injury rates per 100 000 participants*
| Sport | Male | Female | Totals: male and female | |||||||||
| Fatal | Non-fatal | Serious | Male totals | Fatal | Non-fatal | Serious | Female totals | Fatal | Non-fatal | Serious | Totals | |
| American football | 0.29 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 1.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 1.78 |
| Field hockey | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| Cross-country | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Soccer | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.14 |
| Water polo† | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basketball | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| Wrestling | 0.03 | 0.58 | 0.32 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.32 | 0.92 |
| Gymnastics | 1.02 | 2.04 | 1.02 | 4.07 | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.47 | 1.41 | 0.14 | 1.09 | 0.54 | 1.78 |
| Ice hockey | 0.28 | 0.97 | 1.11 | 2.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.76 | 2.76 | 0.25 | 0.88 | 1.26 | 2.39 |
| Swimming | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.25 |
| Volleyball‡ | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Baseball | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.45 |
| Lacrosse | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.83 |
| Track and field | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.25 |
| Softball | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Tennis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Golf§ | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cheerleading | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.54 | 0.85 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.52 | 0.83 |
| Grand totals | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.60 |
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*Data summarised from the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research.13
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†Data for 1992–93 to 2007–2008.
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‡Data for 1993–94 to 2007–2008.
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§Data for 2005–2006 to 2007–2008.
