Annual Survey of Football Injury Research

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There were four fatalities directly related to football during the 2007 football season. Three were in high school football, and one was at the professional level (World Indoor Football League) The one fatality was related to high school football. The rate of direct fatal injuries is very low on a 100,000 player exposure basis. For the approximately 1,800,000 participants in 2007, the rate of direct fatalities was 0.22 per 100,000 participants. The rate of direct fatalities in high school and junior high school football was 0.02 per 100,000 participants. The rate of direct fatalities in college was 0.00 per 100,000 participants. Most direct fatalities usually occur during regularly scheduled games. In 2007 the one direct fatality occurred in practice. The 2007 survey shows that three of the fatalities took place in October and one in February. The major activities in football would naturally account for the greatest number of fatalities. In 2007 two of the fatalities happened while tackling and two while being tackled. In 2007 tow fatalities resulted from injuries to the brain,one from an injury to the spinal cord, and one to internal injuries. In many cases football cannot be directly responsible for fatal injuries (heat stroke, heart related and so forth). In 2007 there were 9 indirect fatalities. Six were associated with high school football, one with college football, one with sandlot, and one with semi-professional football. The high school indirect deaths were two heart related, two heat stroke, one pulmuonary embolism and one unknown. The college indirect deaths were one heart related death. The sandlot death was also heart related, and the semi-proessional death was related to being diabetic. The professional player did not have a physical exam, but signed a medical waiver in order to play. The rest of the story

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