American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 1

Concussion Rates in High School Sports

Sport	Injury Rate, per 1000 Athlete Exposures
Football	0.47–1.03^a^,^b
Girls' soccer	0.36^a
Boys' lacrosse	0.28–0.34^c^,^d
Boys' soccer	0.22^a
Girls' basketball	0.21^a
Wrestling	0.18^a
Girls' lacrosse	0.10–0.21^c^,^d
Softball	0.07^a
Boys' basketball	0.07^a
Boys' and girls' volleyball	0.05^a
Baseball	0.05^a

Sport	Injury Rate, per 1000 Athlete Exposures
Football	0.47–1.03^a^,^b
Girls' soccer	0.36^a
Boys' lacrosse	0.28–0.34^c^,^d
Boys' soccer	0.22^a
Girls' basketball	0.21^a
Wrestling	0.18^a
Girls' lacrosse	0.10–0.21^c^,^d
Softball	0.07^a
Boys' basketball	0.07^a
Boys' and girls' volleyball	0.05^a
Baseball	0.05^a

Data from Gessel LM, Fields SK, Collins CL, Dick RW, Comstock RD. Concussions among United States high school and collegiate athletes. J Athl Train. 2007;42(4):495–503.

Data from Guskiewicz KM, Weaver NL, Padua DA, Garrett WE. Epidemiology of concussion in collegiate and high school football players. Am J Sports Med. 2000;28(5):643–650.

Data from Lincoln AE, Hinton RY, Almqueist JL. Head, face, and eye injuries in scholastic and collegiate lacrosse: a 4-year prospective study. Am J Sports Med. 2007;35(2):207–215.

Data from Hinton RY, Lincoln AE, Almquist JL. Epidemiology of lacrosse injuries in high school-aged girls and boys: a 3-year prospective study. Am J Sports Med. 2005;33(9):1305–1314.

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