Injured sportsmen cost $1.7Md
The number of claims for sports injuries during the first half of the last financial year was about the same as the population of a country town.
There were 7995 claims filed for injuries suffered by people playing various sports. The Accident Compensation Commission paid a total of $1,745,247 to January 31 in earnings-related income compensation for sports injuries during the six-month period. A total of $602,417 was paid to 2635 sportsmen and women aged between 20 and 24 More than 1000 persons in the 25 to 29-year-oid group received $382,620. 1979 aged 15 to 19 received $318,323. and 695 aged 30 to 34 received $187,735.
indicated 1896 claims for . sprains and strains of the ■joints and muscles, from foot- • J ball players, while 795 claims were submitted by the same group for fractures of the >lupper limbs. 465 for fractures lof the lower limbs, and 421 • 'for dislocations. !. Court games resulted in 11597 claims for strains and •(sprains and 77 for fractures : of the upper limbs. Equestrian sports resulted in six claims for intracranial i.iniurv (excluding skull frac- • I tures). The commission also had 1116 claims for fractures of the !i skull, soine. and trunk, as a ;, result of accidents in water I sports.
• Football players, including soccer and rugby league,' .filed the greatest number or claims for accident compen-j ■ sation from April 1 to Sep-: !■ tern her 30. 1977. There were 3878 claims i ( received from that group ' ■' Other sports included 939' ’.claims from court game. i| players. 329 from individual! sports, and 383 from winter] sports involving snow or ice:' 1 ski-ing. ice-skating and tobog- : iiganing. These figures were; i released as part of an Acci-I > dent Compensation CommisI'sion survev which involved; . a detailed study of the; 1 causes and effects of sports; injury resulting in claims. It!
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