Tobogganing is more likely to result in injury than snowboarding, but when it comes to winter sports, downhill skiing is the riskiest activity, according to a new report from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Snowboarders had a hospitalization rate of 550 cases per 100,000 emergency room admission records. However, downhill skiing caused the most hospitalizations, with 707 injuries per 100,000 records.
Fractures represented over a third of all downhill skiing-related injuries, and “falls represented the highest percentage of [fracture] cases at 66.8 percent,” according to a data blog published by the agency on March 8, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“While there are numerous health benefits resulting from these sports and activities, there are also risks of serious injuries,” said the blog, titled “Injuries from winter sports and activities.”…