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

35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
29%
3% 3% 2%
Soccer Basketball Handball
Team
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Table/figure 20: Share of team ball sports in all sport injuries in the EU-27 (Source:
EU IDB 2006-2008)
The share of team ball sports of all sport injuries varies quite substantially between
countries, from 25% (France) to 80% (Cyprus): see table/figure 21. It must be assumed
that this result is not only the expression of the different popularity of team ball
sports in these countries, but also of biases of the national sampling methods, which
are based on randomly selected hospitals and their specific catchment populations of
patients. It must be concluded that for the given sample and for the time being, valid
analyses regarding national differences are not possible. The weighted median for all
countries is 40%, which is a credible estimate for the entire EU-27, underlining the
dominant contribution of team ball sports, in particular of football, to the entire burden
of sport injuries.
1%
Volleyball American
Football
2%
Other
team ball
sport
3%
Hockey
Field