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Information About the Wrist

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

6

*

*

*

7

1999

6

*

*

*

7

2000

9

2

*

*

11

2001

12

2

*

*

15

2002

14

2

*

*

17

2003

12

2

*

*

14

2004

13

3

*

*

15

2005

14

3

*

*

17

2006

15

3

*

*

18

2007

15

3

*

*

18

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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