Concussions: Adding It All Up

• Center for Disease Control estimates reveal that 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur each year
• 5-10% of athletes will experience a concussion in any given sport season
• Girl’s soccer concussions occur twice as likely as boys concussions
• Fewer than 10% of sport related concussions will lose consciousness
• Football is the most common sport with concussion risk for males (75% chance for concussion)
• Soccer is the most common sport with concussion risk for females (50% chance for concussion)
• 78% of concussions occur during games and not practices
• Headache (85%) and dizziness (70-80%) are most commonly reported symptoms immediately following concussions for injured athletes
• Estimated 47% of athletes do not report feeling any symptoms of a concussion after a concussive blow
• Impact speed of a
  • professional boxers punch: 20mph
  • football player tackling a stationary player: 25mph
  • soccer ball being headed by a player: 70mph

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