Information About the Arm

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

10

3

*

*

13

1999

10

2

*

*

12

2000

10

3

*

*

13

2001

10

2

*

*

13

2002

10

2

*

*

13

2003

10

2

*

*

12

2004

10

3

*

*

13

2005

10

*

*

*

11

2006

8

2

*

*

10

2007

8

*

*

*

10

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

*

*

*

*

1

1999

*

*

*

*

*

2000

*

*

*

*

*

2001

1

*

*

*

2

2002

*

*

*

*

*

2003

*

*

*

*

2

2004

*

*

*

*

1

2005

*

*

*

*

*

2006

*

*

*

*

*

2007

*

*

*

*

1

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

Note 1: *-indicates the estimates are too small to be reliable.

Note 2: Figure is not shown when there is at least one unreliable estimate in each column.