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Information About the Arm

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for football-related lower arm injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

14

*

15

1999

17

*

18

2000

16

1

17

2001

17

*

18

2002

16

*

17

2003

15

*

16

2004

17

*

18

2005

21

*

22

2006

20

*

21

2007

22

*

22

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for football-related upper arm injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

3

*

3

1999

3

*

3

2000

3

*

3

2001

3

*

3

2002

3

*

3

2003

3

*

4

2004

3

*

3

2005

3

*

3

2006

3

*

3

2007

3

*

3

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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