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Information About the Leg

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

*

4

2

*

7

1999

1

3

2

*

7

2000

2

4

2

*

9

2001

2

5

4

*

12

2002

2

4

2

*

8

2003

*

4

2

*

8

2004

1

4

3

1

10

2005

2

3

3

*

8

2006

*

4

3

1

9

2007

2

4

2

*

9

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

*

2

*

*

3

1999

*

1

*

*

2

2000

*

1

*

*

3

2001

*

2

*

*

4

2002

*

2

*

*

4

2003

*

1

*

*

4

2004

*

1

*

*

3

2005

*

2

*

*

3

2006

*

2

*

*

3

2007

*

1

*

*

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.

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