Those stats are just not comparable. First of all you can't just compare the absolute numbers for the complete high-school population with just the people who h

Those stats are just not comparable. First of all you can't just compare the absolute numbers for the complete high-school population with just the people who have a realistic chance of being bitten by a poisonous snake. We'd need to have the stats per capita to make it sort of comparable. But still it's not the same kind of event. How many of those sport injuries can be fatal if not treated within 30-60 minutes? How many of them hurt as much and can lead to you loosing a limb, or be left with permanent and serious health issues? How many pets gets killed by snakes and how many by their owners being high-school athletes? And I'm not saying that snakes are a huge danger to the general public, but they are the significant factor of risk for people who spend time in nature in those areas.