I assume this is where you got your info from... measuring how many trips to the emergency room each accounted for.
- Basketball: 512,213
- Bicycling: 485,669
- Football: 418,260
- Soccer: 174,686
- Baseball: 155,898
- Skateboards: 112,544
- Trampolines: 108,029
- Softball: 106,884
- Swimming/Diving: 82,354
- Horseback riding: 73,576
- Weightlifting: 65,716
- Volleyball: 52,091
- Golf: 47,360
- Roller skating: 35,003
- Wrestling: 33,734
Ok so which of these activities did more people participate in: swimming or boxing? Roller skating or boxing? Baseball or boxing? Riding a bicycle or boxing? ECT ECT
And again it comes down to how serious an injury is, and I content that an injury to your brain, which is irreversible, is more serious than an injury to a limb, which heals in time.
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