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Information About the Shoulder

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

27

10

*

*

37

1999

29

8

*

*

37

2000

30

9

*

*

40

2001

29

11

*

*

40

2002

30

9

*

*

39

2003

28

11

*

*

40

2004

31

10

*

*

42

2005

33

10

*

*

45

2006

37

11

*

*

48

2007

36

12

*

*

50

Source: Data are obtained from 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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