The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) looked at the number of sports-related brain injuries in 2014 – 2015 in Alberta and Ontario. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of brain injuries treated in emergency rooms in 2014 and 2015 were sport-related. Over the past five years, the number of sports-related brain injuries treated in emergency rooms increased by forty-six percent (46%). The largest increases were seen in children from birth to nine years (78% increase) and children between the ages of 10 and 17 (45%). sports-related brain injuries Hockey players sustain brain injuries at a much higher rate compared to individuals in other sports. The number of brain injuries from playing hockey is almost double the number of brain injuries from football, rugby, cycling, skiing, and snowboarding.