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Information About the Ankle

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for snowboarding-related ankle injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

*

2

*

*

2

1999

2

2

*

*

4

2000

2

1

*

*

3

2001

2

2

*

*

3

2002

2

2

*

*

4

2003

*

2

*

*

3

2004

*

1

*

*

2

2005

2

*

*

*

3

2006

2

*

*

*

3

2007

*

*

*

*

2

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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