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3.5 million children ages 14 and under who receive medical treatment for sports injuries each year, nearly half a million treated in emergency rooms for football- or basketball-related injuries in 2010.
Female athletes eight times more likely to have knee injuries than male athletes
Washington, D.C. - Every 25 seconds, or 1.35 million times a year, a young athlete suffers a sports injury severe enough to go to the emergency room, according to a new research report released today by Safe Kids Worldwide.