66.7%of all female sports catastrophic injuries!For high school girls and college women,cheerleading is far more dangerous than any other sport,according to a new report that adds several previously unreported cases of serious injuries to a growing list.High school cheerleading accounted for 65.1%of all catastrophic sports injuries among high school females over the past25years,according to an annual report released Monday by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.The new estimate is up from 55%in last years study.The researches say the true number of cheerleading injuries appears to be higher than they had previously thought.And these are not ankle sprains.The report counts fatal,disabling and serious injuries.The statistics are equally grim in college,where cheerleading accounted for 66.7%of all female sports catastrophic injuries,compared to the past estimate of 59.4%.The revised picture results from a new partnership between the sports injury center and the National Cheer Safety Foundation,a California-based not-for-profit body created to promote safety in cheerleading and collect data on injuries.The foundation provided the center with previously unreported data.The new data added 30 injury records from high schoolers and college students to the 112 in last years report.Catastrophic injuries to female athletes have increased over the years,since the first report was published in1982. A major factor in this increase has been the change in