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Information About the Leg

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for snow skiing-related lower leg injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

3

3

7

1999

4

3

7

2000

5

4

9

2001

5

3

8

2002

4

3

7

2003

2

2

4

2004

3

1

4

2005

3

1

4

2006

2

2

3

2007

3

2

5

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for snow skiing-related upper leg injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

*

*

2

1999

1

*

2

2000

*

*

1

2001

1

*

2

2002

*

*

1

2003

*

*

*

2004

*

*

*

2005

*

*

*

2006

*

*

*

2007

*

*

*

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 1998-2007.

Note 1: *-indicates the estimates are too small to be reliable.

Note 2: Figure is not shown when there is at least one unreliable estimate in each column.

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