Injury rates in twelve U.S. men’s college sports and five U.S. boys' high school sports are examined in this paper. The sports are categorized as "contact" or "non-contact," and differences in injury rates between the two are examined. Injury rates in the contact sports are considerably higher...

Injury rates in twelve U.S. men's collegiate sports are examined in this paper. The twelve sports ranked by overall injury rate are wrestling, football, ice hockey, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, indoor track, cross country, outdoor track, and swimming. The first six sports will...