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Information About the Shoulder

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

2

*

*

*

3

1999

2

*

*

*

3

2000

3

*

*

*

4

2001

3

1

*

*

4

2002

3

1

*

*

4

2003

2

1

*

*

4

2004

4

2

*

*

6

2005

4

2

*

*

6

2006

4

2

*

*

6

2007

4

3

*

*

7

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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