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Information About the Wrist

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

6

2

*

*

8

1999

9

2

*

*

11

2000

9

4

*

*

13

2001

8

3

*

*

12

2002

8

3

*

*

11

2003

10

3

*

*

13

2004

12

3

*

*

15

2005

9

3

*

*

12

2006

9

2

*

*

11

2007

9

4

*

*

13

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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