Information About the Hand and Finger

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for horseback-riding-related hand and finger injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

*

*

2

1999

1

2

4

2000

*

2

4

2001

1

2

4

2002

*

*

3

2003

*

2

4

2004

*

2

5

2005

*

2

3

2006

*

2

3

2007

*

*

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.