Information About the Ankle

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

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

2

*

2

1999

2

*

4

2000

2

1

3

2001

3

*

3

2002

3

*

4

2003

2

*

3

2004

1

*

2

2005

3

*

3

2006

2

*

3

2007

2

*

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.