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Information About the Hand and Finger

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

5

*

*

*

5

1999

5

*

*

*

6

2000

8

*

*

*

9

2001

8

*

*

*

9

2002

10

*

*

*

11

2003

8

*

*

*

9

2004

8

*

*

*

9

2005

8

*

*

*

10

2006

8

1

*

*

10

2007

9

2

*

*

11

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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