National Center for Catastrophic
    Sport Injury Research
Data Tables
Annual Survey of Catastrophic Football Injuries
1977 - 2006

Director:  Frederick O. Mueller, Ph.D.
Medical Director:  Robert C. Cantu, M. D.
Research Funded by a Grant from the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
CERVICAL CORD INJURIES 1977 - 2006*


 
 
PRO AND
HIGH
 
 
YEAR
SANDLOT
SEMI-PRO
SCHOOL
COLLEGE
TOTAL
1977
0
0
10
2
12
1978
0
1
13
0
14
1979
0
0
8
3
11
1980
0
0
11
2
13
1981
1
0
6
2
9
1982
1
1
7
2
11
1983
0
0
11
1
12
1984
1
0
6
0
7
1985
0
0
6
3
9
1986
0
0
4
0
4
1987
0
0
9
0
9
1988
0
0
10
1
11
1989
0
1
12
2
15
1990
0
0
11
2
13
1991
0
1
1
0
2
1992
0
1
6
0
7
1993
0
1
8
0
9
1994
0
0
1
1
2
1995
0
0
8
1
9
1996
0
0
6
3
9
1997
0
1
7
1
9
1998
0
0
4
0
4
1999
1
0
8
1
10
2000
0
0
6
2
8
2001
0
0
8
0
8
2002
 0
 0
 5
 1
 6
2003
 0
 1
 9
 1
 11
2004
 1
 1
 10
 0
 12
2005
 0
 0
 3
 0
 3
2006
 0
 0
 8
 2
 10
TOTAL
5
9
222
33
269
INCIDENCE PER 100,000 PARTICIPANTS 1977 - 2006*


 
HIGH
 
YEAR
SCHOOL
COLLEGE
1977
0.77
2.67
1978
1.00
0.00
1979
0.62
4.00
1980
0.85
2.67
1981
0.46
2.67
1982
0.54
2.67
1983
0.85
1.33
1984
0.46
0.00
1985
0.46
4.00
1986
0.31
0.00
1987
0.69
0.00
1988
0.77
1.33
1989
0.80
2.66
1990
0.73
2.66
1991
0.07
0.00
1992
0.40
0.00
1993
0.53
0.00
1994
0.07
1.33
1995
0.47
1.33
1996
0.40
4.00
1997
0.47
1.33
1998
0.27
0.00
1999
0.53
1.33
2000
0.40
2.66
2001
0.53
0.00
2002
 0.33
 1.33
2003
 0.60
 1.33
2004
 0.67
 0.00
2005
 0.20
 0.00
2006
 0.53
 2.66
OFFENSIVE VS. DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL 1977 - 2006*


YEAR
OFFENSIVE
DEFENSIVE
UNKNOWN
TOTAL
1977
0
7
5
12
1978
2
11
1
14
1979
1
5
5
11
1980
3
8
2
13
1981
3
5
1
9
1982
3
8
0
11
1983
2
10
0
12
1984
1
5
1
7
1985
1
8
0
9
1986
0
3
1
4
1987
1
6
2
9
1988
2
9
0
11
1989
0
14
1
15
1990
2
11
0
13
1991
1
1
0
2
1992
2
3
2
7
1993
0
7
2
9
1994
0
2
0
2
1995
0
6
3
9
1996
1
6
2
9
1997
4
5
0
9
1998
1
3
0
4
1999
3
7
0
10
2000
3
5
0
8
2001
0
4
4
8
2002
 0
 5
 1
 6
2003
 1
 9
 1
 11
2004
 1
 10
 1
 12
2005
 2
 1
 0
 3
2006
 3
 5
 2
 10
TOTAL
43
189
37
269