Table 1
Shoulder injuries by type and severity (under 35 year olds only). Serious injuries are all fractures, sprains, and dislocations. Source: AWISS, January 1999 to June 2000
| All shoulder injuries | Serious shoulder injuries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident type | No | % | No | % |
| RTA, road traffic accident. | ||||
| Home | 1293 | 15.8 | 764 | 14.5 |
| Work | 375 | 4.6 | 200 | 3.8 |
| RTA | 512 | 6.3 | 274 | 5.2 |
| Playground | 62 | 0.8 | 40 | 0.8 |
| Hospital | 26 | 0.3 | 20 | 0.4 |
| Licenced premises | 41 | 0.5 | 22 | 0.4 |
| All sport | 1611 | 19.7 | 1066 | 20.3 |
| School | 481 | 5.9 | 295 | 5.6 |
| Other | 3772 | 46.2 | 2577 | 49.0 |
| Total | 8173 | 100.0 | 5258 | 100.0 |
| All sport | 1611 | 100.0 | 1066 | 100.0 |
| Rugby | 599 | 37.2 | 423 | 39.7 |
| Soccer | 177 | 11.0 | 108 | 10.1 |
| Cycling | 107 | 6.6 | 56 | 5.3 |
| Skating | 25 | 1.6 | 18 | 1.7 |
| Others | 703 | 43.6 | 461 | 43.2 |
