Injuries Sports Eslpod Football Hospital Children Year Statistics

The "prevalence" (high frequency) of "concussions" (temporary unconsciousness caused by a mild brain injury when one is hit in the head) among football players is "gaining" (getting; receiving) growing attention from the media and parents, but many other types of sports are just as likely to cause injuries in children. According to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, children and teenagers participating in organized sports experience 3.5 million injuries each year. "Contact sports" (sports that involve physical contact with other players) such as football and hockey are obvious "culprits" (people or things that are responsible or a problem), but all sports have a "potential" (the possibility of something happening) of injury.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported the following statistics for children ages 5-14 who were "treated" (received medical care) in hospital emergency rooms in 2009:

? Basketball: more than 170,000 injuries

? Baseball and softball: almost 110,000 injuries

? Bicycling: more than 200,000 injuries

? Football: almost 215,000 injuries

? Soccer: 88,00 injuries

One of the more surprising statistics is that "trampolines" (large, stretchy, elastic surfaces that students jump on repeatedly) led to about 65,000 injuries that year. In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned against the "recreational" (for fun) use of trampolines at home, because of the high number of injuries.