Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports

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1 | February 2012
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 5
2 OBJECTIVES OF THIS REPORT .................................................................................................... 7
2.1 To inform about decrementing effects of sport injuries 7
2.2 To make policy makers aware of their responsibility 8
2.3 To assess the health burden of sport injuries 11
2.4 To develop a methodology for routine application 11
2.5 Who is addressed by this report 13
3 WHY SPORT INJURY MATTERS ................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Sport 16
3.2 Health 17
3.3 Community 20
3.4 Economy 21
3.5 Balance of benefits and losses 22
4 KEY TERMS AND METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS ..................................................................... 25
4.1 Physical activity 25
4.2 Sport 26
4.3 Injury 28
4.4 Sport injury 29
4.5 Injury risk and incidence rate 30
4.6 Health burden 30
4.7 Economic burden 31
5 MORTALITY .................................................................................................................................. 32
5.1 Methodology 32
5.2 Results 33
6 MORBIDITY ................................................................................................................................... 35
6.1 The European Injury Database EU IDB 35
6.2 Methodology 40
6.3 Results 41
7 DISABILITIES ................................................................................................................................ 45
7.1 Methodology 45
7.2 Results 46
8 THE HEALTH BURDEN OF SPORT INJURIES............................................................................. 48
9 ESTIMATED HEALTH COSTS OF SPORT INJURIES IN THE EU ................................................ 51
9.1 Methodology 51
9.2 Results 54
10 EU IDB RESULTS ON INJURIES IN TEAM-BALL-SPORTS ......................................................... 55
10.1 General results 55
10.2 Team-ball-sport and gender 62