Information About the Knee

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

6

4

*

*

10

1999

7

4

*

*

11

2000

6

4

*

*

10

2001

6

5

*

*

11

2002

6

4

*

*

11

2003

6

4

*

*

10

2004

6

3

*

*

9

2005

5

4

*

*

10

2006

7

4

*

*

11

2007

6

2

*

*

9

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

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