What winter sport causes the most injuries requiring medical attention? For children under 15-years- old it's snowboarding with nearly 55,000 injuries. Second is skiing with approximately 45,000 injuries.
Runners-up include sledding (32,000), ice skating (27,000), ice hockey (13,000), snow tubing (8,000) and tobogganing (less than 1,000).
Family Practice News, 2/1/03.
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