Information About the Wrist

Number (in thousands) of emergency room visits for wrist symptoms or complaints (by age group)


Year	Age (in Years)
Year	0-18	19-42	43-61	>61	Total
1998	195	265	70	55	585
1999	208	202	84	57	550
2000	163	191	79	58	491
2001	225	249	128	65	666
2002	179	127	64	61	430
2003	167	197	111	77	552
2004	255	229	91	88	664
2005	215	213	98	72	599
2006	158	202	106	80	546

Source: Reason for Visits to Emergency Room - National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 1998-2006. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Health Statistics.

Note: Information in the figure and table represents the reason listed as the “most important reason” for visit.

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