At the moment, sport injuries are about what precent of the total number of injuries in develped countries?
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RESULTS: In 1994 police reported 544 deaths and 793 injuries due to RTA while ambulance records noted 343 deaths and 2048 injuries. The capture-recapture analysis estimated at least 972 (95% CI: 912–1031) deaths and 18936 (95% CI: 15 507–22 342) injuries attributable to RTA during the study period. Official sources counted only 56% of deaths and 4% of serious injuries. The estimated rates for the year 1994 were 185 injuries and 11.2 deaths per 100 000 population. \n\n:> peace
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http://www.allabilities.com/sports.html\n\nHope someone has a more definitive answer for you.  The above link is a source of information that might help.
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Because there is not enough scoring and people fake injuries all the time.  That is really what irks people the most.  If FIFA would start to take a hardline with the injury faking and penalize teams for it then it would stop and make the sport more watchable.
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Yes, there is danger in everything, and sports given their nature involving some physical exertion can be dangerous. However, not all sports are equally dangerous. You're more likely to get injured playing hockey, football (american) or soccer than you are playing badminton or curling.
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There are 194 countries in the world today
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Paintball is one of the safest sports out there, contrary to popular belief.  Some recent injury information can be found at http://mpaintball.com/injury.php.  I also had other charts showing the injuries per 1000 participants and paintball came in with a .3 I believe.  I did an entire powerpoint on paintball safety in order to get a pb club at my highschool.
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Around 33%\n\nLink below for more information
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not many like soccer\n\nin the USA a LOT in the world mmmm not many.\nif i ask 100 people in Peru or Venezuela only 5 or 10 will actually have played basketball
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Not a lot.  I believe there are no major leagues for handball over there...maybe small ones.\n\nEurope is highly concentrated in soccer (or so called "football").
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AROUND HALF THE GLOBE!!!! 3 BILLION... CHECK THAT NUMBER!! AMERICANS... ITS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD!!
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right now it is considered the most dangerous sport in america when it comes to getting injured.....
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yes, more people are injured in cheerleading than any other sport
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17 tournaments.\n\nThis year's World Cup in Germany will be the 18th in its history.
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The FIVB estimates that 1 in 6 people in the world participate in or observe indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, or backyard (recreational) volleyball
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Most of the athletes from competing countries!
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There does not appear to be a published (at least on the web) list that shows the number of participants by country, but the site below does list the competing nations as well as the the total number of competitors...\n\nThere is a published book called "Complete Book of the Summer Olympics" by David Wallenchinsky. Published by Natl Book Network. You might find this in the sports section of your local book store or library, and this has the complete listing of nations taking part along with competitors, but not by nation either, just total
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Rugby is one of the toughest contact sports out there. Players wear minimal protection (not like NFL players) and they make full physical contact. Injuries do occur and different players in different positions are susceptable to different kinds of injuries.\n\nNew Zealand are currently the number 1 team in International Rugby and Rugby is the country's National Sport. It's played from the youngest ages in schools right up to International level.\n\nYou can read some of what NZ is doing about Injury Prevention here:\nhttp://www.nzrugbynet.co.nz/NZRFU/Resource+Library/RugbySmart.htm\n\nOne bullet point from that page reads:\nThe finding of ACC in the late 1980's that rugby cost the taxpayer over $20 million dollars per year in new and ongoing entitlement claims. There were, on average, 2 deaths, 1500 hospital admissions, and 20,000 Accident and Emergency consultations per year as a result of rugby.