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Information About the Leg

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

12

*

13

1999

10

2

12

2000

10

2

11

2001

12

1

13

2002

12

2

14

2003

13

3

15

2004

11

2

13

2005

10

2

12

2006

13

2

16

2007

10

1

12

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

3

*

3

1999

2

*

3

2000

3

*

3

2001

3

*

4

2002

2

*

3

2003

3

*

4

2004

2

*

3

2005

3

*

4

2006

3

*

3

2007

2

*

2

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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