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Information About the Arm

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

3

*

*

*

4

1999

5

*

*

*

5

2000

6

*

*

*

7

2001

8

1

*

*

9

2002

8

*

*

*

9

2003

9

*

*

*

10

2004

9

2

*

*

11

2005

10

1

*

*

11

2006

11

1

*

*

12

2007

10

2

*

*

12

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

*

*

*

*

*

1999

*

*

*

*

*

2000

*

*

*

*

*

2001

*

*

*

*

*

2002

*

*

*

*

*

2003

*

*

*

*

*

2004

*

*

*

*

*

2005

*

*

*

*

*

2006

*

*

*

*

*

2007

*

*

*

*

*

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 1998-2007.

Note 1: *-indicates the estimates are too small to be reliable.

Note 2: Figure is not shown when there is at least one unreliable estimate in each column.

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