Mike Kruger wrote:
>
> [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.
Most interesting post. Lots of implications for sport as a vehicle
for fitness. How 'bout stats for manual labor????
Try also:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/sports-engineering/
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Kristofer Hogg, ms, rd
HoloBarre Rehab/Fitness/Stretching Systems, Yonkers, NY
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