Information About the Elbow

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for football-related elbow injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

10

*

*

*

11

1999

12

*

*

*

13

2000

12

2

*

*

13

2001

12

1

*

*

14

2002

12

*

*

*

14

2003

10

*

*

*

12

2004

11

1

*

*

12

2005

10

1

*

*

12

2006

13

*

*

*

14

2007

14

1

*

*

15

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 1998-2007.

Note: *-indicates the estimates are too small to be reliable.