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Information About the Knee

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for snow skiing-related knee injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

3

10

6

1

20

1999

4

10

6

*

21

2000

6

10

6

*

23

2001

5

9

6

*

21

2002

4

8

4

*

18

2003

3

5

2

*

10

2004

2

5

2

*

9

2005

2

5

2

*

10

2006

2

3

2

*

8

2007

3

4

2

*

10

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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