Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports
Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports
Burden of Sport Injuries in the European Union - Safety in Sports
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6 | February 2012<br />
2006 2007 2008 sum<br />
Austria 2.328 8.477 11.444 22.249<br />
Cyprus 3.842 2.697 4.974 11.513<br />
Denmark 4.000 4.018 78.663 86.681<br />
France * 12.588 12.692 - 25.280<br />
Germany 429 2.598 2.960 5.987<br />
Latvia 31.746 32.902 36.845 101.493<br />
Malta 1.541 1.785 1.794 5.120<br />
Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands 93.234 105.650 96.963 295.847<br />
Portugal * 23.079 15.520 15.419 54.018<br />
Slovenia 29.871 28.987 26.982 85.840<br />
Sweden 2.500 47.484 49.470 99.454<br />
All <strong>in</strong>jury data 169.491 234.598 310.095 714.184<br />
HLA data* 35.667 28.212 15.419 79.298<br />
Total 205.158 262.810 325.514 793.482<br />
Table/figure 8: EU IDB data retrieved for analysis. Source: EU IDB 2006-2008 (*Home,<br />
leisure and sport data)<br />
6.3 Results<br />
”Team ball sports” account for about 40% <strong>of</strong> all hospital treated sports <strong>in</strong>juries. It is<br />
known from various studies (Van der Sman et al. 2003) that this high share does not<br />
only reflect that team ball sports are very popular and widely practiced, but also a<br />
relatively high <strong>in</strong>jury risk, which is ma<strong>in</strong>ly caused by <strong>the</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> team sport<br />
and its typical one-to-situations. By specific type <strong>of</strong> ball sports <strong>the</strong> rank<strong>in</strong>g is: Soccer<br />
(74%), Basketball (8%), Volleyball (7%), and Handball (3%). The majority <strong>of</strong> sports<br />
<strong>in</strong>juries result from participation <strong>in</strong> non-organized sports accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> EU IDB<br />
records (Table/figure 9).