Sentence examples for concussion rates from inspiring English sources

Female concussion rates in high school basketball were almost three times higher than among boys.

That study found concussion rates seven times higher than previously reported.

Football and hockey, in that order, are the two sports with the highest concussion rates.

The Ivy implemented recommendations designed to lower concussion rates in football last year.

As the size and speed of players have increased since the full adoption of the Nocsae standard in 1980, concussion rates have as well.

But the majority of head trauma results from regular play; concussion rates are high even in youth leagues, where there is little or no fighting.

Independent researchers have put the concussion rate from hockey fighting much higher in recent years, ranging from 10 percent to 24 percent.

While the concussion rate has leveled, the number of man-games lost to concussions has gone up, which is attributed to greater care taken with head injuries.

After years of sharp increases, the league told the managers, the concussion rate has stayed level, on pace to finish in the 90s, where it was last season.

There were a total of 559 concussions during regular-season games, a concussion rate of 5.8 for every 100 players, or an estimated 1.8 concussions per 1,000 player-hours.

"Of course, the ideal number of concussions would be zero," Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the National Hockey League, said at the league's all-star game in January while noting a slight rise in the concussion rate this season.