[EMAIL PROTECTED] (king abiu) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > i'm trying to find stats on the relative safety/danger of different > sports. Specifically, i'd like to know how Judo ranks. Does anyone > know where to look? it doesn't have to be worldwide, i'd be happy > with stats from any developed country > > ~cheers, > charlie
I can't give you a comprehensive source, but there seem to be some comparisons out there for many sports. For example, this is from http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/health/risks.htm "... from Australia. Pedalling Health compares the injury risks of cycling (falls and collisions) to the risks of some of other sports that children engage in. It seems very fair to me to compare the risks of falls to another sport rather than to driving a motor vehicle. Note that the threshold for these injuries was a trip to the hospital, which I assume means hospitalization rather than the emergency room: Injuries per Million Hours Football 1,900 Squash 1,300 Basketball 1,100 Soccer 600 Bicycling 50 The figures demonstrate that cycling is not dangerous when compared to these sports activities." from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/01news/sports.htm there is data on US emergency room visits. "For children and young adults, injuries associated with basketball and cycling � almost 900,000 a year � are the most frequent sports-related injuries seen in the nation's emergency departments. Football and baseball are associated with about one-quarter million visits each, and soccer injuries result in about 100,000 visits. These findings don't indicate that these sports are necessarily more dangerous; there may be just more people engaging in these activities. In addition to pedal cycling, other sports that frequently result in emergency visits by persons 5-24 years of age include ice or roller skating and skate boarding (150,000 visits), gymnastics and cheerleading (146,000 visits), and water and snow sports (100,000 visits each). Injuries on the playground account for about 137,000 emergency visits yearly." All that's on this page is the press release, which didn't include judo. However, there may be more detailed info available in fuller reports. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
