Pediatric concussions: 69% by boys, 30% sports-related

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This is a cross-sectional study of children 0 to 19 years old diagnosed with concussion from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

There were 144 000 concussions annually.

69% of concussion visits were by males. 30% were sports-related.

69% of patients diagnosed with a concussion had head imaging.

28% of patients were discharged without specific instructions to follow-up with an outpatient provider for further treatment.

References:

Pediatric Concussions in United States Emergency Departments in the Years 2002 to 2006. William P. Meehan III, MDab, Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPHa. The Journal of Pediatrics.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): Brain bank examines athletes' hard hits - CNN, 2012.
Image source: Illustration of the human brain and skull. Wikipedia, Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License 2006.