fatalities/serious injury in sport

john kavanagh

i've read a couple of different articles on fatalities/serious injuries in sport and the most dangerous seem to be motorsports, horse riding, fishing(!) etc but has anyone come across a simple table showing the average number of deaths/serious injury per year in ireland from sport?

here's one for OZ

P.13 for uk

thanks

HammerHeadGym

Nope. But if it exists, the central statistics office would have it. I'm not sure if that's what they call it, but go through the front of the phone book and look at the government numbers. You should recognise the name when you see it. Unless they've buried in another department. I haven't tried for a few years.

Also, what the funk are they fishing for in austrailia that there are so many fatalaties?

Roper

Sharks! And also they're probably drunk at the same time.

schmooFlan

HammerHeadGym wrote:

Also, what the funk are they fishing for in austrailia that there are so many fatalaties?

Well, there's lots of alligators in the streams.

Also, the wildlife can be dangerous in other ways, even if you pad them up
for some boxing
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john kavanagh

before this thread goes waaaay off topic, does anybody have any useful links for the stats i'm looking for?

Dave!

HammerHeadGym wrote:

Also, what the funk are they fishing for in austrailia that there are so many fatalaties?

Stingrays

Okay that was insensitive

anyway, eh, stats.... Can't say I've seen such a table for Ireland, nope. If there's a national sporting authority then they'd probably be more likely to have the stats than the CSO. That'd be my guess anyway!

Unpossible

that Kangaroo keeps going for the clinch, we could learn a thing or two from nature. I wonder how he would do against a natural grappler (ie a bear), hmmmmmm



get me donald king on the phone...... I have an idea for a fight

roo1981

This one could be useful...
http://www.ul.ie/~childsp/Elements/issue3/watson.html

More to do with sudden death but still stats...
http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/34/4/258

Hope that helps.

Oh and on the kangroo vs bear, well it depends on how hungry the bear is. Just watch Grizzly Man!

john kavanagh

thanks