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Information About the Shoulder

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

9

8

*

*

17

1999

8

8

*

*

17

2000

9

7

*

*

16

2001

9

10

*

*

19

2002

9

12

*

*

22

2003

10

8

*

*

19

2004

9

8

*

*

18

2005

9

7

*

*

16

2006

10

8

*

*

18

2007

9

7

*

*

17

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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