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The TBI rate among women is increasing

Not surprisingly, statistically, men and boys are far more likely to incur a TBI than women and girls. But this is changing. As more women participate in high-velocity sports, such as snowboarding, rugby, and even football or boxing, the TBI rate among women is increasing.

In the United States, sports injuries account for over 300,000 traumatic brain injuries each year. The NCAA reports that brain injury is the 2nd most common reported injury in women’s soccer and the 4th most common injury in women’s volleyball.

For high school boys, as expected, football accounts for 63% of the reported concussions (Guskiewicz, 2000). Almost 1 in 5 football players suffer a concussion, and concussions comprise 24% of all high school football injuries (Gerberich, 1983). Boxing, football, rugby, lacrosse, hockey, basketball, soccer, baseball, and even cheerleading can lead to student injuries for both men and women.

When we look at catastrophic sports injuries among women, surprisingly, cheerleading is statistically the most dangerous female sport, accounting for 70.5% of all female catastrophic sports injuries at colleges, and 65.2% of female catastrophic sports injuries in high school (National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, 2007). It is remarkable to consider that the cheerleader at a halftime show is often at greater risk for catastrophic injury than the football players on the field.

Teens and young adults are active risk-takers, so it is not surprising that young people, between the ages of 15 and 24, have the highest rates of TBI. But, toddlers and seniors over 75 are at risk for traumatic brain injuries caused by falls. The very young and very old present unique problems in testing and quantification of damages, but these can be addressed within appropriate experts.


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