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Information About the Ankle

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for skateboard-related ankle injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

7

2

*

*

9

1999

7

3

*

*

10

2000

11

3

*

*

13

2001

14

4

*

*

18

2002

15

3

*

*

18

2003

13

4

*

*

17

2004

16

3

*

*

20

2005

14

3

*

*

17

2006

15

4

*

*

18

2007

19

5

*

*

24

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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