Overall and serious injury rates for popular childhood activities
| Rank | Activity | Number of injuries | Injury rate/1000 h (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Includes rugby and Australian rules football. | |||||||
| †Excludes bicycle riding. | |||||||
| ‡Excludes all football codes. | |||||||
| A. All injuries | |||||||
| 1 | Tackle football* | 18 | 2.18 (1.74 to 3.10) | 3.95 (2.56 to 6.10) | |||
| 2 | Wheeled sports† | 30 | 1.72 (1.37 to 2.33) | 3.04 (2.19 to 4.20) | |||
| 3 | Tennis | 10 | 1.19 (0.97 to 1.55) | 2.29 (1.26 to 4.16) | |||
| 4 | Soccer | 20 | 1.03 (0.86 to 1.29) | 1.91 (1.27 to 2.88) | |||
| 5 | Bicycle | 44 | 1.00 (0.87 to 1.16) | 1.75 (1.35 to 2.26) | |||
| 6 | Team ball sports‡ | 11 | 0.84 (0.68 to 1.14) | 1.62 (0.92 to 2.86) | |||
| 7 | Trampoline | 8 | 0.59 (0.50 to 0.73) | 1.16 (0.59 to 2.28) | |||
| 8 | Active play | 136 | 0.50 (0.46 to 0.54) | Reference | |||
| 9 | Cricket | 4 | 0.37 (0.27 to 0.52) | 0.74 (0.28 to 1.94) | |||
| 10 | Walking | 6 | 0.20 (0.18 to 0.23) | 0.47 (0.22 to 1.03) | |||
| 11 | Outside chores | 5 | 0.21(0.18 to 0.25) | 0.44 (0.19 to 1.05) | |||
| 12 | Swimming | 13 | 0.19 (0.17 to 0.22) | 0.44 (0.26 to 0.73) | |||
| B. Serious injuries | |||||||
| 1 | Tackle football* | 4 | 0.48 (0.39 to 0.69) | 2.60 (1.01 to 6.67) | |||
| 2 | Tennis | 4 | 0.48 (0.39 to 0.62) | 2.57 (1.00 to 6.58) | |||
| 3 | Soccer | 8 | 0.41 (0.34 to 0.52) | 2.13 (1.12 to 4.05) | |||
| 4 | Wheeled sports† | 7 | 0.41 (0.32 to 0.54) | 2.14 (1.07 to 4.27) | |||
| 5 | Active play | 48 | 0.18 (0.16 to 0.19) | Reference | |||
| 6 | Bicycle | 5 | 0.11 (0.10 to 0.13) | 0.68 (0.29 to 1.56) | |||
| 7 | Swimming | 7 | 0.10 (0.09 to 0.12) | 0.64 (0.32 to 1.27) | |||