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Injury Survey Results
Damage
Data
A look into the 17th annual National High School
Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study results
By Wesley Sykes
Managing Editor
T
he end of the 2021-22
academic year also marked
the 17th annual National
High School Sports-Related Injury
Surveillance Study, more commonly
known as High School RIO.
Since its inception in 2005,
participating schools have reported
116,594 injuries during 59,295,404
athletic exposures (AEs) for an
overall injury rate of 1.97 injuries per
1,000 AEs for all 24 sports included
during the 17-year study period.
In that span, the survey has found
61,099 competition injuries during
14,888,859 competition AEs - that's
an injury rate of 4.10 injuries per
1,000 AE. Also found were 55,213
practice injuries during 43,891,422
practice AEs for an injury rate of 1.26
injuries per 1,000 AE. And the survey
showed 282 performance injuries
during 515,123 performance AEs
for an injury rate of 0.55 injuries per
1,000 AE (cheerleading only).
This surveillance study has been
funded through the support of the
National Federation of State High
School Associations (NFHS) and the
NFHS Foundation.
2021-22 DATA SNAPSHOT
* When combined, schools reporting
for the original and convenience
sample reported 4,998 injuries
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(52% competition-related) during
2,472,652 AEs for an injury rate of
2.02 injuries per 1,000 AEs in the
20 sports studied during the 202122
academic year.
* While injury rates varied by
sport, competition injury rates
were higher than practice injury
rates for all but four sports
(girls' swimming and diving,
Figure 1. Convenience Sample Injury Rates per 1,000 Athletic Exposures by Sport and Type of
Athletic Exposure, National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, US, 2021/22
Boys' swimming and diving
Girls' swimming and diving
Boys' cross country
Boys' track and field
Boys' baseball
Girls' cross country
Cheerleading**
Girls' track and field
Girls' volleyball
Girls' softball
Boys' ice hockey
Boys' basketball
Boys' soccer
Girls' lacrosse
Boys' lacrosse
Girls' field hockey
Girls' basketball
Girls' soccer
Boys' wrestling
Boys' football
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4.3
1.2
3.0
0.9
3.9
1.6
3.2
1.5
3.8
1.6
3.6
1.7
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1.1
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2.2
5.5
2.1
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Injury Rate per 1,000 Athletic Exposures
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0.7
1.4
1.0
0.8
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1.1
1.6
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Practice
Competition
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Table of Contents
Advertiser Index
Editor's Video
Korr Medical Technology
Damage Data: A look into the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study
Gladiator Custom Mouthguards
Meet the Most Valuable Athletic Trainers of the Year
WissTech Enterprises
Mentally Strong: A coach's role in destigmatizing and addressing athlete mental health
Explicating Concurrent Training
Medi-Dyne Products
Building Power & Speed in the Weight Room
Beat the Heat
Designing Your Weight Room to Fit Your Philosophy
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