&#62; Sports are not perceived as dangerous<p>Not by AOSSM: "With more and more kids participating in sports, injuries are on the rise – an estimated two million occurring each year, resulting in 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations" [<a href="http://www.sportsmed.org/tabs/newsroom/AOSSMPressReleaseDetails.aspx?DID=636" rel="nofollow">http://www.sportsmed.org/tabs/newsroom/AOSSMPressReleaseDeta...</a>]<p>"Almost one-third of all injuries incurred in childhood are sports-related injuries." [<a href="http://www.chp.edu/CHP/P01650" rel="nofollow">http://www.chp.edu/CHP/P01650</a>]<p>I'm not going to comment on that - I just wondered what the actual injury rate is and found this.