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Information About the Hand and Finger

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

20

6

*

*

26

1999

23

5

*

*

28

2000

24

5

*

*

29

2001

22

5

*

*

27

2002

21

5

*

*

26

2003

21

6

*

*

27

2004

20

6

*

*

26

2005

16

7

*

*

23

2006

19

6

*

*

25

2007

19

6

*

*

25

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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