Information About the Ankle
Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for skateboard-related ankle injuries (by sex)
Year |
Men |
Women |
Total |
1998 |
9 |
* |
9 |
1999 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
2000 |
12 |
1 |
13 |
2001 |
16 |
2 |
18 |
2002 |
17 |
1 |
18 |
2003 |
15 |
2 |
17 |
2004 |
18 |
2 |
20 |
2005 |
15 |
1 |
17 |
2006 |
16 |
2 |
18 |
2007 |
22 |
2 |
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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