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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
And still there are many deaths every year, and horrible long term brain damage from all that tackling.
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0.1 deaths per 100,000 participants in 2011.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/2011FBAnnual.pdf
Literally one in a million.
Edit: plus three times that rate for non-direct injuries, such as heat stroke, heart attack, and one by blood clot. Four direct deaths, about twelve indirect, with 4.2 million participants.
Edit 2: This report barely touches on long-term TBI from repeated concussive events. it's just about dead players.