Information About the Neck

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

4

1

5

1999

3

1

5

2000

4

*

5

2001

3

*

5

2002

3

2

4

2003

3

2

5

2004

3

*

4

2005

3

*

4

2006

3

*

4

2007

3

*

4

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

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