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65 12- The table below shows the incidence of injuries caused in different sports. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. Sport Number of sports injuries % of sports injuries % admitted to Hospital % of injuries during competition or practice Australian football 10,122
24.5
7.5
83
Soccer 3777
9.2
7.1
84
Rugby 3636
8.8
10.9
95
Cricket 3408
8.3
5.4
83
Basketball 3228
7.8
4.1
83
Netball 3098
7.5
2.5
95
Hockey 1219
3.0
3.2
95
Martial Arts 882
2.1
5.6
71
Squash 787
1.9
6.4
91
Volleyball 776
1.9
2.2
79
This table presents some information regarding the number of sporting injuries
which leads to emergency hospital treatment. It is obvious that while
Australian football causes more injuries than all the other sports, Rugby
seems to be the most dangerous sport.
The highest number of injuries occurs in Australian football with over 10,000
reported cases. This is a quarter of all the injuries reported. Soccer, rugby,
cricket, basketball and netball have similar numbers ranging from 3,777 in
soccer to 3098 in netball. Rugby has the highest number amongst all the other
sports in the number of people admitted to hospital with almost 11%
Basketball, by comparison, only has 4% hospital cases and netball 2.5%..
Hockey, martial arts, squash and volleyball all had significantly lower numbers
of injuries compared to the other sports mentioned. The vast majority of all
sports injuries happened during practice or competition with the lowest figure
being just over 70% for martial arts up to over 95% for hockey.
In conclusion, the table shows that Australian football had the most injuries
with rugby having the highest percentage of injuries ending up in hospital.
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