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Information About the Ankle

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

100

74

2

*

176

1999

100

73

2

*

175

2000

100

66

3

*

169

2001

105

79

3

*

186

2002

99

68

3

*

171

2003

99

64

2

*

165

2004

91

56

3

*

150

2005

86

50

2

*

138

2006

84

50

2

*

136

2007

74

46

2

*

122

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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