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Information About the Knee

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

28

26

2

*

56

1999

26

24

1

*

51

2000

27

24

*

*

53

2001

29

28

2

*

59

2002

29

23

2

*

54

2003

26

22

2

*

49

2004

25

19

2

*

47

2005

24

20

1

*

46

2006

26

21

2

*

49

2007

24

20

2

*

46

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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