North America Sports Medicine Market Dynamics

Sports injuries are extremely common in North America. For instance, the Guangzhou Summer Asian Games in 2010 reported 725 injuries among 430 athletes. There were 288 new injuries in 209 athletes, with an incidence rate of 45.5 injuries per 1,000 athletes exposed. Soccer is the most popular sport in Australia, and more than 3,000 athletes from more than 13,000 clubs were admitted to hospitals between 2011 and 2012, with 22 members per team. During the forecast period, over 36,000 Australians aged 15 and up were hospitalised due to sports injuries. As a result, the region's high rate of sports injury is likely to drive the country's sports medicine market.