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Information About the Knee

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for exercise-related knee injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

4

10

3

*

18

1999

5

9

2

*

17

2000

4

11

4

2

21

2001

5

12

5

2

23

2002

5

11

5

1

22

2003

4

9

4

2

19

2004

5

10

4

2

21

2005

4

9

5

2

19

2006

5

9

4

1

20

2007

4

9

5

2

20

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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