10 Things to Know About Recreation & Leisure

1. Children ages 5 to 14 accounted for 52 percent of the football injuries treated in emergency rooms in 2012. – National Safety Council
2. In 2013, the Coast Guard counted 4,062 accidents involving 560 deaths, 2,620 injuries and roughly $39 million dollars of damage to property due to recreational boating accidents. – U.S. Coast Guard
3. The 2013 fatality rate was 4.7 deaths per 100,000 registered recreational boats, a 13 percent drop from 2012’s rate of 5.4 deaths per 100,000 registered recreational vessels. Operator inattention, improper lookout, operator inexperience, excessive speed and machinery failure were the top five primary contributing factors in accidents. Alcohol use is the No. 1 known contributing factor in fatal boating accidents contributing to 16 percent of deaths. – U.S. Coast Guard
4. 726 bicyclists were killed and 49,000 were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2012. – National Highway Safety Traffic Administration
5. During the 10 years ending in 2012, about 41.5 people died skiing or snowboarding per year on average. – National Ski Areas Association
6. There were an estimated 113,272 injuries treated in the emergency room associated with inflatable amusements between 2003 and 2013, and more than 90 percent of those injuries were associated with moon bounces. – Consumer Product Safety Commission
7. There were 13,043 ATV-related fatalities reported occurring between 1982 and 2013. – Consumer Product Safety Commission
8. Roughly 13,000 golf cart-related accidents require emergency room visits each year. – Consumer Product Safety Commission
9. The number of participants in high school football reached 1,088,158 between 2012 and 2013. By comparison 1,053,611 competed in outdoor track and field, 971,796 competed in basketball and 782,514 competed in soccer. – 2012-13 High School Athletics Participation Survey from the National Federation of State High School Associations
10. It’s estimated that in 2012 there were 89,000 unintentional injury-related deaths in the home and community. – National Safety Council