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1.35 Million Number of children seen in emergency departments with sports-related injuries in 2012 To learn more about youth sports safety, visit www.safekids.org 8 For athletes ages 12 to 17 years, 2011 Most common diagnoses seen in emergency departments for sports-related injuries Contusions and abrasions 210,640 Basketball Soccer Baseball Softball Volleyball Football Wrestling Cheerleading Ice hockey 26,095,000 13,941,000 12,292,000 10,383,000 10,075,000 9,034,000 3,217,000 3,053,000 2,996,000 249,650 104,190 61,510 39,070 31,460 275,050 33,790 28,890 9,540 7% 13% 11% 11% 6% 13% 14% 12% 31% Sport Number of players Number of injuries % of injuries that are concussions Strains and sprains 451,480 Fractures 249,500 Girls are eight times more likely to have an ACL injury than boys. Head 14% Face 7% Finger 12% Knee 9% Ankle 15% Common Injuries Injuries by Sport Common Diagnoses 12 to 15 yrs 8 to 11 yrs 7 and under 16 to 19 yrs 47% 19% 5% 29% Almost half of youth sports-related concussions occur in children ages 12 to 15 years old.2 Younger children take longer to recover from concussions than older children. 47% 3 Every 3 minutes, a child is seen in an ED for a sports- related concussion. Concussions 163,670