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Information About the Knee

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

23

8

*

*

32

1999

26

7

*

*

34

2000

26

9

*

*

35

2001

30

9

*

*

40

2002

26

8

*

*

35

2003

27

8

*

*

35

2004

29

7

*

*

37

2005

30

9

*

*

39

2006

31

10

*

*

42

2007

34

11

*

*

45

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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