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Information About the Leg

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

6

6

*

*

13

1999

6

5

*

*

12

2000

7

4

*

*

11

2001

6

6

1

*

13

2002

7

6

2

*

14

2003

9

5

1

*

15

2004

7

5

*

*

13

2005

7

4

*

*

12

2006

9

5

1

*

16

2007

5

5

*

*

12

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

1

2

*

*

3

1999

2

*

*

*

3

2000

1

1

*

*

3

2001

2

2

*

*

4

2002

2

*

*

*

3

2003

2

1

*

*

4

2004

1

*

*

*

3

2005

2

1

*

*

4

2006

1

1

*

*

3

2007

1

*

*

*

2

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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