02/04/2026
According to the CDC, about 7 out of 10 emergency department visits for sports-related TBIs and concussions involve kids 17 and under. That's huge. And when you look at the research more closely, the numbers get even more interesting.
A massive study in Hawaii tracked nearly 93,000 high school athletes over six years and found 5,993 concussions—that's almost one concussion per 100 athletes. But here's where it gets really interesting: the highest-risk sport wasn't what you might think. Sure, football had a rate of 1.60 concussions per athlete, but girls' judo topped the list at 1.92.
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