Injury rates per 1,000 athletic exposures by academic year
2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
2013/2014
All yearsa
Boys’ sports
Football total
4.4
4.45
4.18
3.65
4.02
3.61
3.66
3.86
3.91
4.05
Competition
12.1
13.52
12.77
11.28
12.72
12.22
11.83
12.14
11.03
12.48
Practice
2.5
2.68
2.47
2.06
2.29
1.90
2.08
2.17
2.35
2.32
Wrestling total
2.5
2.51
2.27
2.20
2.28
2.18
2.21
2.11
2.20
2.34
Competition
3.9
3.80
3.70
3.25
3.40
3.77
3.33
3.17
3.73
3.67
Practice
2.0
2.06
1.76
1.83
1.87
1.65
1.81
1.72
1.68
1.88
Ice hockey total
–
–
–
2.23
2.56
2.21
2.03
2.02
2.19
2.33
Competition
–
–
–
6.08
5.56
5.63
4.18
5.15
5.30
5.65
Practice
–
–
–
0.49
1.09
0.58
0.88
0.49
0.48
0.69
Lacrosse total
–
–
–
2.20
2.48
1.90
2.31
1.86
1.68
2.12
Competition
–
–
–
4.33
4.89
3.83
4.33
3.74
3.65
4.24
Practice
–
–
–
1.28
1.35
1.07
1.39
1.00
0.84
1.18
Soccer total
2.4
2.27
1.75
1.64
1.79
1.67
1.71
1.43
1.53
1.79
Competition
5.2
4.31
3.63
3.54
3.58
3.52
3.67
3.07
3.22
3.69
Practice
1.1
1.45
0.96
0.82
1.00
0.89
0.91
0.72
0.80
0.98
Basketball total
1.9
1.75
1.39
1.46
1.54
1.37
1.37
1.51
1.49
1.57
Competition
3.0
2.87
2.23
2.47
2.82
2.33
2.57
2.61
2.44
2.65
Practice
1.5
1.28
1.04
1.04
1.00
0.95
0.88
1.02
1.07
1.10
Baseball total
1.2
1.25
0.93
0.82
0.93
0.83
0.87
0.85
1.06
0.99
Competition
1.8
2.01
1.37
1.33
1.51
1.44
1.26
1.32
1.67
1.55
Practice
0.9
0.82
0.68
0.55
0.63
0.52
0.64
0.61
0.73
0.69
Cross country total
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.65
0.72
0.70
Competition
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.78
0.89
0.86
Practice
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.62
0.89
0.67
Track and field total
–
–
–
0.91
0.86
0.57
0.74
0.55
0.62
0.72
Competition
–
–
–
1.50
1.64
1.09
1.16
1.08
1.15
1.30
Practice
–
–
–
0.78
0.67
0.45
0.64
0.42
0.50
0.58
Swim and diving total
–
–
–
0.20
0.35
0.18
0.17
0.11
0.23
0.21
Competition
–
–
–
0.14
0.19
0.07
0.08
0.05
0.17
0.12
Practice
–
–
–
0.21
0.39
0.21
0.21
0.13
0.24
0.24
Volleyball total
–
–
–
–
0.90
0.81
0.53
–
–
0.73
Competition
–
–
–
–
1.33
0.45
1.07
–
–
0.93
Practice
–
–
–
–
0.68
0.99
0.22
–
–
0.62
Girls’ sports
Soccer total
2.4
2.51
2.35
2.26
2.11
2.11
2.46
2.33
2.59
2.42
Competition
5.2
5.43
5.15
4.75
4.48
4.53
5.46
5.71
5.74
5.36
Practice
1.1
1.31
1.16
1.18
1.04
1.00
1.20
0.86
1.20
1.14
Basketball total
2.0
2.09
1.61
1.64
1.55
1.81
1.78
1.95
1.89
1.88
Competition
3.6
3.60
3.30
3.37
2.61
3.59
3.51
3.47
3.68
3.55
Practice
1.4
1.44
0.90
0.90
1.08
1.02
1.06
1.25
1.08
1.16
Field hockey total
–
–
–
1.81
1.80
1.77
1.77
1.48
1.36
1.73
Competition
–
–
–
2.78
2.71
2.90
2.50
2.12
2.10
2.62
Practice
–
–
–
1.38
1.39
1.23
1.45
1.17
1.02
1.31
Lacrosse total
–
–
–
1.72
1.62
1.40
1.23
1.24
1.11
1.45
Competition
–
–
–
2.67
2.91
2.20
1.55
2.41
1.75
2.39
Practice
–
–
–
1.30
1.04
1.04
1.09
0.67
0.83
1.03
Gymnastics total
–
–
–
2.15
2.38
1.51
1.09
–
–
1.89
Competition
–
–
–
3.46
3.87
2.41
1.83
–
–
3.19
Practice
–
–
–
1.82
2.05
1.30
0.94
–
–
1.60
Volleyball total
1.6
1.37
1.22
1.01
1.01
0.93
1.07
1.02
1.16
1.16
Competition
1.9
1.40
1.43
1.08
1.01
1.16
1.37
1.18
1.46
1.36
Practice
1.5
1.36
1.12
0.97
1.01
0.80
0.92
0.94
1.01
1.06
Softball total
1.1
1.11
1.29
1.22
1.15
0.97
1.56
1.17
1.15
1.22
Competition
1.8
1.96
1.86
1.90
1.68
1.52
2.30
1.87
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