Concussion statistics

Does altitude really affect the likelihood of a concussion? A study looked at the number of concussions per 1,000 athlete-exposures -- a measure of the injury rate per number of athletes and the amount of games they played. The evidence shows that it's easy to find spurious correlations in the data, like a relationship between the rate of concussions and the logo on a player's helmet.

Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: James Smoligna, High Point University Get the data