Information About the Neck

Number (in thousands) of emergency visits for soccer-related neck injuries (by sex)

Year

Men

Women

Total

1998

2

2

3

1999

*

1

2

2000

*

2

2

2001

1

*

3

2002

*

*

2

2003

*

*

2

2004

*

1

2

2005

*

*

2

2006

*

1

2

2007

*

1

2

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

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