Information About the Foot and Toe

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

18

14

*

*

35

1999

17

13

*

*

30

2000

18

15

*

*

33

2001

19

17

*

*

37

2002

19

14

*

*

34

2003

20

11

*

*

33

2004

18

11

*

*

31

2005

18

11

*

*

29

2006

17

12

*

*

31

2007

16

9

*

*

26

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

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