Table 2.  Injuries and injury rates between men and women in four different sports during the past twelve-month period.
 
CC skiing
 
Swimming
 
LD running
 
Soccer
 
Total
 
 
♂ (n = 62)
♀ (n =87)
♂ (n= 71)
♀ (n 83)
♂ (n = 67)
♀ (n = 76)
♂ (n = 62)
♀ (n = 66)
♂ (n = 262)
♀ (n = 12)

Acute injuries

No of injuries (n)
24
41
54
39
36
31
111
96
225
207

No of injured athletes n (%)
16 (26)
25 (29)
27 (38)
22 (27)
21 (31)
20 (26)
52 (84)
42 (64)*
116 (44)
109 (35)†

No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%)
5 (31) 
10 (40)
14 (52)
10 (46)
10 (48)
8 (40)
32 (62)
31 (74)
61 (53)
59 (55)

Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h)
0.57
0.85
0.95
1.24
1.19
0.85
3.64
3.11
1.53
1.43

Overuse injuries

No of injuries (n)
45
65
55
62
66
59
34
47
200
233

No of injured athletes n (%)
30 (48)
44 (51)
36 (51)
43 (52)
46 (69)
39 (51)‡
24 (39)
30 (46)
136 (52)
156 (50)

No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%)
13 (43)
16 (36)
12 (33)
16 (37)
16 (35)
16 (41)
5 (21)
10 (33)
46 (34)
58 (37)

Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h)
1.19
1.46
0.97
1.92
1.89
1.48
1.18
2.14
1.31
1.73

All injuries

No of injuries (n)
69
106 
109
101
102
90
145
143
425
440

No of injured athletes n (%)
35 (57)
58 (67)
45 (63)
54 (65)
55 (82)
52 (68)
57 (92)
52 (79)§
192 (73)
216 (69)

No of injured athletes with two or more injuries n (%)
22 (63)
30 (52)
26 (58)
26 (48)
29 (53)
27 (52)
42 (74)
40 (77)
119 (62)
123 (57)

Injuries per 1000 exposure hours (n/1000h)
1.77
2.33
1.94
3.25
3.15
2.45
4.90
5.32
2.89
3.25
* Proportion of injured athletes with acute injuries was higher in male soccer players than in female players (p < 0.01). † Proportion of injured athletes with acute injuries was higher in male athletes than in female counterparts (p < 0.05). ‡ Proportion of injured athletes with overuse injuries was higher in male long-distance runners than female runners (p < 0.05). § Proportion of injured athletes with all injuries was higher in male soccer players than in female players (p < 0.05).