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Catastrophic Sports and Recreation Injuries in Ontario1986-1995
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Objectives• After this presentation, participants will:
– Understand the process of obtaining “comprehensive”* data on catastrophic injuries in sports
– Discuss the top 10 most injurious sports, from a neurotrauma perspective
– Know the major risk factors associated with neurotrauma in sports
– Be introduced to best practices in the prevention of neurotrauma in sports
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Understanding Injury Through Epidemiology
1. What?
2. How?
3. Where?
4. How often?
5. To whom?
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Method
• Data was gathered through prospective surveys sent to selected physicians and surgeons, or data coordinators at 11-13 regional Trauma Centres; Coroner’s System; media reports
• This study uses data from four study years: 1986, 1989, 1992, and 1995.
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Number of Individuals Sustaining Fatal or Non-Fatal Catastrophic Injuries
(1985-1989-1992-1995)
1986 1989 1992 1995 TOTAL %n n n n n
Survivors 443 286 342 452 1523 70.7%
Fatalities 87 210 226 108 631 29.3%
TOTAL 530 496 568 560 2154 100%
The annual rate of catastrophic injuries was 2154/4, or The annual rate of catastrophic injuries was 2154/4, or 539 per year539 per year
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1. What ?What do we mean by catastrophic*?
–Death –Lifelong disability
*includes all brain and spinal injuries (2154 cases or 539 per year of study)
Drowning (Fishing, swimming, boating)
Brain Injuries (bicycling, snowmobiling, ATVs)
Spinal Injuries (diving, snowmobiling, hockey)
Sudden Death (basketball, squash, badminton)
Chest Injuries (snowmobiling, bicycling)
Eye Injuries (hockey, baseball, racquet sports)
Facial Injuries (snow-mobiles, hockey,bicycling)
Limb Injuries (uncommon)
Types of Injuries
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2. How? Activities in which the injuries occurred
Incidence of Injury in Groups of Sports(1986, 1989.1992,1995)
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Alcohol and Catastrophic Injury
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SnowmobileDivingFishingATV
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3. Where? Location of injury sites.
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Lakes/riversRoads/streetsOpen terrainPlaying fieldArenaPool
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Snowmobiling and Diving Locations
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Snowmobiling Diving
Lake/riverOpen terrainstreets/roadsPools
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4. How Often? The frequency of the main types of injuries during the four study years
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Activity Injuries % Fatalities %
Water 525 24.4 334 52.9
Motor 426 19.8 146 23.1
Winter 350 16.3 13 2.1
Bicycling 289 13.4 67 10.6
Misc 129 6.0 33 5.2
Baseball 91 4.2 0 0
Field 88 4.1 3 0.5
Racquet 70 3.3 0 0
Play 63 2.9 8 1.3
Floor 53 2.5 2 0.3
Equestrian 43 2.0 10 1.6
Hunting 25 1.1 15 2.4
TOTAL 2152 100.0 631 100.0
Injuries and Fatalities by Group(1986, 1989, 1992, 1995)
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Water Sports Injuries and Fatalities
Activity Injuries % (all groups)
Fatalities %( all groups)
Water Sports
Canoe 27 1.3 27 4.3
Sail 8 0.4 7 1.1
Other boating
112 5.2 72 11.4
Diving 105 4.9 5 0.8
Fishing 126 5.9 117 18.5
Scuba diving
10 0.5 10 1.6
Swimming 100 4.6 86 13.6
Waterskiing 9 0.4 2 0.3
Other 28 1.3 8 1.3
TOTAL 525 24.4 334 52.2
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Motor Sports Injuries and Fatalities
Activity Injuries % (all groups)
Fatalities % (all groups)
Motor Sports
ATV 83 3.9 16 2.5
Snowmobile 290 13.5 120 19
Other 53 2.5 10 1.6
TOTAL 426 19.8 146 23.1
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Winter Sports Injuries and Fatalities
Activity Injuries % Fatalities %
Winter Sports
Hockey 190 8.8 2 0.3
Alpine skiing 65 3.0 5 0.8
Tobogganing 62 2.9 4 0.6
Other 33 1.5 2 0.3
TOTAL 350 16.3 13 2.1
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Catastrophic Injury RatesRisk to participants
RankRank ActivityActivity Catastrophic Catastrophic injury Rate*injury Rate*
No. of Catastrophic No. of Catastrophic Injuries Per 100,000 Injuries Per 100,000 Participants Per YearParticipants Per Year
1. Diving 0.570 570.0
2. Snowmobiling 0.088 88.2
3. Parachuting 0.060 62.9
4. Tobogganing 0.038 37.7
5. Hang Gliding 0.029 29.4
6. Water Polo 0.024 24.5
7. Equestrian 0.012 11.6
8. Scuba 0.012 12.2*Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate = Percentage of Participants *Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate = Percentage of Participants
Sustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per YearSustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per Year
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Catastrophic Injury RatesRisk to participants
RankRank ActivityActivity Catastrophic Catastrophic injury Rate*injury Rate*
No. of Catastrophic No. of Catastrophic Injuries Per 100,000 Injuries Per 100,000 Participants Per YearParticipants Per Year
9. Hunting 0.012 12.2
10. Fishing 0.011 11.0
11. Archery, Shooting
0.010 11.1
12. Rugby 0.008 7.8
13. Skateboarding 0.007 7.3
14. Football 0.007 7.1
15. Hockey-Ice 0.006 6.3
*Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate = Percentage of Participants *Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate = Percentage of Participants Sustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per YearSustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per Year
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Catastrophic Injury RatesRisk to participants
RankRank ActivityActivity Catastrophic Catastrophic injury Rate*injury Rate*
No. of Catastrophic No. of Catastrophic Injuries Per 100,000 Injuries Per 100,000 Participants Per YearParticipants Per Year
16. Wrestling 0.006 6.1
17. Boxing 0.006 5.7
18. Mountain Climbing
0.005 5.5
19. Racquetball 0.005 5.3
20. Snowboarding 0.005 4.9
21. Sailing 0.005 4.9
22. Kayaking, Canoeing
0.004 3.9
*Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate =Percentage of Participants *Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate =Percentage of Participants Sustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per YearSustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per Year
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Catastrophic Injury RatesRisk to participants
RankRank ActivityActivity Catastrophic Catastrophic injury Rate*injury Rate*
No. of Catastrophic No. of Catastrophic Injuries Per 100,000 Injuries Per 100,000 Participants Per YearParticipants Per Year
23. Skiing-Alpine 0.003 3.2
24. Squash 0.003 3.0
25. Badminton 0.003 3.0
26. Ball Hockey 0.002 2.4
27. Bicycling 0.002 2.4
*Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate =Percentage of Participants *Total Annual Catastrophic Injury Rate =Percentage of Participants Sustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per YearSustaining Catastrophic Injuries Per Year
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Head and Spine Injuries – Survivors and Fatalities 1985, 1989, 1992, and 1995
SPORTSPORT HeadHead SpineSpineAir Sports 2 4
ATV 36 18
Badminton 0 0
Ball Hockey 3 1
Baseball 23 2
Basketball 5 0
Bicycling 186 50
Boat-canoe 3 0
Boat-sail 0 0
Boat-other 15 15
Camp/Hike 5 1
Dirt Bike 10 7
Diving 8 96
Field Sports 3 0
SPORTSPORT HeadHead SpineSpineFishing 2 1
Floor Hockey 0 0
Floor Sports 3 1
Flying 2 0
Football 6 9
Golf 11 1
Hunting 6 1
In-line Skate 8 1
Jogging 3 1
Martial Arts 1 1
Miscellaneous 4 1
Missile 1 0
Motor Biking 8 7
Motor Sports 7 4
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Head and Spine Injuries – Survivors and Fatalities1985, 1989, 1992, and 1995
SPORTSPORT HeadHead SpineSpineMountain Climb 4 2
Parachuting 0 2
Pellet Guns 0 0
Playground/Play 27 9
Racquet Sports 0 0
Racquetball 0 1
Rugby 4 7
Scuba Diving 1 0
Seadoo/Jet Ski 3 1
Skateboarding 7 1
Skating 13 2
Skiing-Alpine 25 18
Skiing-Cross 0 2
Sledding 31 14
SPORTSPORT HeadHead SpineSpineSnowboarding 3 2
Snowmobile 97 74
Soccer 6 0
Squash 2 0
Swimming 2 7
Tennis 0 1
War Games 0 0
Water-Play 7 4
Waterskiing 2 2
Winter-other 1 0
Wrestling 1 3
TOTALTOTAL 640640 433433
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Brain and Spine Injury and Prevention
ATV Research under way
Bicycling “Wear it Right”, Give-a-kid-a-helmet, Helmet fitting clinics, lobbying
Diving “DiveSmart/Sudden Impact (Plongez Prudement/Impact Soudain)”
Alpine skiing “A little Respect/Observe, Relaxe, Respecte”
Sledding In talks with municipalities; Action Group for Injury Prevention - recommendations.
Snowmobiling Research under way
ACTIVITY ThinkFirst Initiatives
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5. Who? Age by Decade and Gender of Individuals Sustaining Fatal or Non-Fatal Catastrophic Injuries 1986-1989-1992-1995
Agen % n % n %
< 11 88 23.9% 188 10.7% 276 13.0%11-20 121 32.9% 552 31.4% 674 31.7%21-30 68 18.5% 431 24.5% 502 23.6%31-40 44 12.0% 264 15.0% 309 14.5%41-50 29 7.9% 166 9.5% 195 9.2%51-60 10 2.7% 80 4.6% 90 4.2%61-70 7 1.9% 49 2.8% 56 2.6%71-80 1 0.3% 20 1.1% 21 1.0%>80 0.0% 6 0.3% 6 0.3%
TOTALS 368 100.0% 1756 100.0% 2129 100.0%mean 22.1 years mean 26.8 yearsmedian 17.0 years median 23.0 yearsMissing info: 30
The annual rate of catastrophic injuries in females was 368/4=92 The annual rate of catastrophic injuries in males was 1756/4=439
Female Male Total
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83% 17%
5. Who?
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Gender differences in Injury
ATV n/a 8.2 : 1Bicycling No difference 3.6 : 1Diving 3: 1 7.75 : 1Alpine skiing No difference 3.1 : 1
Sledding No difference 2 : 1
Snowmobiling 2 : 1 6.25 : 1Fishing 4 : 1 29 : 1
ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION
MALE : FEMALE
INJURY RATE
MALE : FEMALE
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Best Practices…
…in sports injury prevention
• Prevention is the only cure!• Technological innovations, legislative interventions are most proven
• Context is key – sports are relatively autonomous fields
• Risk factors point to prevention approaches– What
– Where
– How often
– To whom
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ThinkFirst IP Programs
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Summary• Epidemiology answers many important questions
– what?, how?, where?, how often?, to whom?– Effective interventions are possible
• Missing info: Socio-cultural context of sports– What can be done? What should be done? How
can/should things be done?
• Interdisciplinarity is key- IP in sports involves changes in complex social and meaning systems
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thanks!