Average annual injury visits to hospital emergency departments by
persons between 5 and 24 years of age by type of activity performed when
injury occurred: United States, 1997-98
|
Number
of visits in thousands
|
Percent
of visits in thousands
|
Percent
of sports-related injury visits
|
All
injury visits
|
11,904
|
100.0
|
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|
All sport-related
activities1
|
2,616
|
22.0
|
100.0
|
--Group
sport
|
1,170
|
9.8
|
44.7
|
Basketball
|
447
|
3.8
|
17.1
|
Football |
271 |
2.3 |
10.3 |
Baseball/softball
|
245
|
2.1
|
9.4
|
Soccer
|
95
|
0.8
|
3.6
|
Other
group
sport2
|
112
|
0.9
|
4.3
|
--Individual
sport
|
1,446
|
12.2
|
55.3
|
Pedal
cycling
|
421
|
3.5
|
16.1
|
Ice- or roller
skating/boarding
|
150
|
1.3
|
5.7
|
Gymnastics/
cheerleading
|
146
|
1.2
|
5.6
|
Playground
|
137
|
1.2
|
5.2
|
Snow
sport
|
111
|
0.9
|
4.2
|
Water
sport
|
100
|
0.8
|
3.8
|
Exercising/track
|
94
|
0.8
|
3.6
|
Combative
|
61
|
0.5
|
2.3
|
Recreational
|
50
|
0.4
|
1.9
|
Other
sport3
|
178
|
1.5
|
6.8
|
Nonsport
activities4
|
7,947
|
66.8
|
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|
Visits
without a
specified cause5
|
1,340
|
11.3
|
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|
1Includes
all visits with a cause indicating an organized or unorganized sport, game
or recreational activity.
2Includes
other group sports such as volleyball, hockey, and lacrosse.
3Includes
all other categories such as games, all terrain vehicles, and unspecified
sport/recreational activities.
4Includes
all visits with a specified activity not categorized under sports. This
includes transport, household, personal, work,
or maintenance activities. It also includes visits for any injuries caused
by intentional behavior.
5Includes
any visits for which no cause was listed or the entry stated unknown
causes.
SOURCE: National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
NOTES: For
additional information, see Burt CW, Overpeck MD. Emergency visits
for sports-related injuries. Ann Emerg Med. March 2001;
37:301-308.
For information see
preventing sports injuries.