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Information About the Arm

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

11

3

13

1999

10

3

12

2000

10

3

13

2001

11

2

13

2002

10

3

12

2003

8

3

12

2004

11

2

13

2005

8

2

11

2006

8

2

10

2007

7

2

10

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

*

*

1

1999

*

*

*

2000

*

*

*

2001

*

*

2

2002

*

*

*

2003

*

*

2

2004

*

*

1

2005

*

*

*

2006

*

*

*

2007

1

*

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.

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