- Center for Disease Control estimates reveal that 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur each year
- 5-10% of athletes will experience a concussion in any given sport season
- Girl’s soccer concussions occur twice as likely as boys concussions
- Fewer than 10% of sport related concussions will lose consciousness
- Football is the most common sport with concussion risk for males (75% chance for concussion)
- Soccer is the most common sport with concussion risk for females (50% chance for concussion)
- 78% of concussions occur during games and not practices
- Headache (85%) and dizziness (70-80%) are most commonly reported symptoms immediately following concussions for injured athletes
- Estimated 47% of athletes do not report feeling any symptoms of a concussion after a concussive blow
- Impact speed of a
- professional boxers punch: 20mph
- football player tackling a stationary player: 25mph
- soccer ball being headed by a player: 70mph
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Most people think that concussions only happen in full-contact sports like football and hockey, but baseball players can get hit with a pitch, soccer players can crack heads if they both go after a ball, basketball players can hit the court hard if they fall. Concussions can and do happen in every sport and it’s important that no matter what sport your child plays you understand the signs and symptoms and what to do when they get hurt.