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Information About the Shoulder

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

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

1

5

3

1

10

1999

2

5

4

*

11

2000

2

5

4

*

12

2001

2

5

5

2

14

2002

2

5

4

*

12

2003

2

3

2

*

7

2004

2

2

2

*

7

2005

2

2

2

*

7

2006

2

2

2

*

7

2007

1

2

1

*

5

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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