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Information About the Ankle

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for baseball-related ankle injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

11

5

*

*

16

1999

10

6

*

*

17

2000

10

6

*

*

16

2001

9

6

*

*

15

2002

10

5

*

*

16

2003

8

4

*

*

13

2004

9

4

*

*

13

2005

9

5

*

*

14

2006

8

5

*

*

14

2007

9

5

*

*

15

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 1998-2007.

Note: *-indicates the estimates are too small to be reliable.

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