From Deseret News archives:
Football, wrestling top sports-injury list
The information was based on a sampling of NCAA Division I, II and III schools representing approximately 15 percent of schools sponsoring the sports included in the survey. Data was collected from 1988-2004, with the exception of women's ice hockey, for which information was compiled beginning in 2000-01.
Men's football: 35.9
Men's wrestling: 26.4
Men's soccer: 18.8
Women's soccer: 16.4
Men's ice hockey: 16.3
Women's gymnastics: 15.2
Women's ice hockey: 12.6
Men's lacrosse: 12.6
Men's basketball: 9.9
Women's field hockey: 7.9
Women's basketball: 7.7
Women's lacrosse: 7.2
Men's baseball: 5.8
Women's volleyball: 4.6
Women's softball: 4.3
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