Most Dangerous Sports

[NeoBlackdog]

I can't take them seriously if they don't include skiing and disagreeing with one's wife in at least the top 15.

 

[41mag]

The key to survival is

...I barely survived a divorce from one nearly 5 decades past....good luck

 

[308]

...I barely survived a divorce from one nearly 5 decades past....good luck

Well Sir, I have found brunettes to be ultimately more dangerous….they are like stealth redheads.

 

[Ruger Rich]

Boxing ?

 

[Knobgoblin]

Boxing ?

Dementia Pugilistica tells no tales.

 

[VanceInWA]

Boxing ?

Martial Arts came in at number 21 on the list (15,820 injuries in 2020)
Boxing was directly after, number 22 with 12,648 injuries in 2020

 

[No_Regerts]

I heard somewhere that pole vaulting kills more people than anything.

 

[Yarome]

...disagreeing with one's wife in at least the top 15.

Newlywed




Occassionaly looks over your shoulder at your online activity, does she? Well played!

 

[VanceInWA]

As a follow-up...
Although a sport may cause a ton of injuries, like skateboarding for example, that danger to participants doesn't necessarily translate into death, dismemberment, or disability. But some sports do. Although it didn't come directly from the Insurance Information Institute, following is a list (there are many such lists) of those sports activities thought to be the most perilous to human participants (spoiler alert: hunting still a no-show):

1. Bull Riding (organ trauma, concussion, sometimes death)
2. Base Jumping (43 times deadlier than parachuting from an aircraft)
3. Mountaineering (tumbling on rocks, falling to death, exposure/freezing)
4. Big Wave Surfing (risk of drowning, extremely rapid water pressure impacts)
5. Scuba Diving (pressure hazards to lungs, ears, even blood supply)
6. Racing/Auto-Motocross (smashed body parts, organ trauma, fires)
7. Boxing (concussions, diminished brain function, sometimes death)
8. Snow Skiing/Boarding (organ trauma from hitting solid objects like trees, other terrain hazards)
9. Luge (fractures, organ trauma, sometimes death)
10. Rugby (concussions, brain damage, sometimes paralysis)

 

[NeoBlackdog]

As a follow-up...
Although a sport may cause a ton of injuries, like skateboarding for example, that danger to participants doesn't necessarily translate into death, dismemberment, or disability. But some sports do. Although it didn't come directly from the Insurance Information Institute, following is a list (there are many such lists) of those sports activities thought to be the most perilous to human participants (spoiler alert: hunting still a no-show):

1. Bull Riding (organ trauma, concussion, sometimes death)
2. Base Jumping (43 times deadlier than parachuting from an aircraft)
3. Mountaineering (tumbling on rocks, falling to death, exposure/freezing)
4. Big Wave Surfing (risk of drowning, extremely rapid water pressure impacts)
5. Scuba Diving (pressure hazards to lungs, ears, even blood supply)
6. Racing/Auto-Motocross (smashed body parts, organ trauma, fires)
7. Boxing (concussions, diminished brain function, sometimes death)
8. Snow Skiing/Boarding (organ trauma from hitting solid objects like trees, other terrain hazards)
9. Luge (fractures, organ trauma, sometimes death)
10. Rugby (concussions, brain damage, sometimes paralysis)

This list makes more sense. I've done #1 and #8.