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Information About the Hand and Finger

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for soccer-related hand and finger injuries (by age group)

Year

Age (in Years)

0-18

19-42

43-61

>61

Total

1998

13

2

*

*

17

1999

12

2

*

*

16

2000

14

2

*

*

17

2001

12

2

*

*

15

2002

13

2

*

*

16

2003

13

1

*

*

15

2004

12

2

*

*

15

2005

10

1

*

*

13

2006

12

3

*

*

16

2007

11

2

*

*

15

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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