Injury stats for jumping...where?

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My daughter, who is 12, is a flier on her cheerleading squad. I've watched her be repeatedly thrown into the air and caught by other girls her age. None are older than 14. At least I understand how my mom felt when she came to watch me skydive!

Although they use mats for practice there are no mats during cheering at basketball games. I think what they are doing is *very* dangerous. I told her that I bet more people are hurt cheerleading than skydiving.

The USPA site says this about injuries: "Many accidents go unreported. Only 1,275 USPA members reported having injuries requiring medical attention in 2002. A database anomoly precluded USPA from collecting comparative data for 2003."

Can anyone direct me a site or does anyone have personal access to stats on jumping injuries?

I'm not trying to make the arguement that my daughter should quit cheerleading, far from it, I just want her to understand the real dangers.

Any help or any comments from the jumping community?

Thanks!

Guru312

I am not DB Cooper

[bigway 4]

That sounds dangerous.........I must ask though, you want your daughter to understand the dangers involved, well do you really think a 12 year old cares about dangers involved? Maybe they do, it is just when i was 12, i use to jump my bmx over 10 people lying on the ground, use to go 20 feet high on rocks at high tide and freeclimb around the bay for 500 meters plus many more stupid things that would never do any more.
The thing that i wonder is if you tell her the dangers will you not be just trying to scare her as how can a 12 year old understand dangers without being flat out scared?
Also, if you are looking for a more up to date injury report from the states look in the 'incidents forums' but what does skydiving have to do with cheerleading?

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[bigway 4]

have a read of this i just found, looks like you would not have much of an argument with school sports.

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National injury estimates clearly show that compared to other athletic activities, cheerleading has one of the lowest occurrences of injury that leads to an emergency room visit. The 1996 U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)* shows that cheerleaders face a much lower risk of injury than other athletic activities:  The following data are for ages 5 - 24 for comparison:

* Football - 514,443
* Basketball - 326,073
* Soccer - 130,000
* Gymnastics - 29,132
* Cheerleading - 18,285

though it does show that those numbers are more dangerous than the numbers you had on skydiving, and these are emergency room incidents but is taken in 1996

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[kbordson 8]

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National injury estimates clearly show that compared to other athletic activities, cheerleading has one of the lowest occurrences of injury that leads to an emergency room visit.
* Football - 514,443
* Basketball - 326,073
* Soccer - 130,000
* Gymnastics - 29,132
* Cheerleading - 18,285

though it does show that those numbers are more dangerous than the numbers you had on skydiving, and these are emergency room incidents but is taken in 1996

I was gonna say that if a Cheerleader fell and bonked her noggin, the the concussion might never be noticed... but then I saw that football was that much higher.... so there goes that logic.

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National injury estimates clearly show that compared to other athletic activities, cheerleading has one of the lowest occurrences of injury that leads to an emergency room visit.
* Football - 514,443
* Basketball - 326,073
* Soccer - 130,000
* Gymnastics - 29,132
* Cheerleading - 18,285

though it does show that those numbers are more dangerous than the numbers you had on skydiving, and these are emergency room incidents but is taken in 1996

I was gonna say that if a Cheerleader fell and bonked her noggin, the the concussion might never be noticed... but then I saw that football was that much higher.... so there goes that logic.

Maybe there aren't many blond football players.

(And shame on you for that thought, aren't you a MD?)

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I was gonna say that if a Cheerleader fell and bonked her noggin, then the concussion might never be noticed... but then I saw that football was that much higher.... so there goes that logic.

Maybe there aren't many blond football players.

(And shame on you for that thought, aren't you a MD?)

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National injury estimates clearly show that compared to other athletic activities, cheerleading has one of the lowest occurrences of injury that leads to an emergency room visit. The 1996 U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)* shows that cheerleaders face a much lower risk of injury than other athletic activities:  The following data are for ages 5 - 24 for comparison:

* Football - 514,443
* Basketball - 326,073
* Soccer - 130,000
* Gymnastics - 29,132
* Cheerleading - 18,285

Does it give any percentages? Raw numbers like this rarely tell the whole story.

Shane

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Check my reply to this thread, it's the third post in the thread...http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1438929;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

[bigway 4]

no it does not, this was the best i could find.

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[Guru312 0]

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Dr.s can still be make jokes at the silly little blonde cheerleader persona.... Still treat them while shaking their heads disappontingly...

As the concerned and loving dad of the "silly little blonde cheerleader" who is the purpose of this thread I sure hope to hell you aren't around the dropzone the day Rebecca makes her first skydive because I wouldn't want you treating her.

It's doctors like you who make me glad we have lawyers.

Guru312

I am not DB Cooper

[bigway 4]

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s the concerned and loving dad of the "silly little blonde cheerleader" who is the purpose of this thread I sure hope to hell you aren't around the dropzone the day Rebecca makes her first skydive because I wouldn't want you treating her.

It's doctors like you who make me glad we have lawyers.

it is funny how you say that the day your daughter makes her first skydive that she will need a doctor treating her do you not have much faith in your daughter?


Chill out and take a joke.

You are glad you have lawyers over doctors? i sure as hell hope you realise how pathetic and wankerish that sounds, but i guess you just like to sue people

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It's doctors like you who make me glad we have lawyers.
***WOW.......now that is truly a stunning example of the "american way".............
it was a tongue in cheek statement... you know.... "a joke" lighten up a bit

Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

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It's doctors like you who make me glad we have lawyers.

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