Estimated number of paintball game related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments, number of participants (in thousands) in paintball games, and injury rates and associated 95% confidence intervals (CI) by year of treatment, age, and sex for persons ages 7 years and older, United States, 1997–2001
| Characteristic | Estimated No* (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | No of participants (in 1000)† | Rate/10000 (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Estimates may be unstable based on <20 cases or coefficient of variation ⩾30%. | ||||
| †Estimates based on a 2001 survey conducted by the National Sporting Goods Association; annual participant estimates were not available to compute rates by year. | ||||
| Total | 11998 (8785 to 15211) | 100 | 26700 | 4.5 (3.3 to 5.7) |
| Year | ||||
| 1997 | 926 (−)* | 7.7 (−)* | – | – |
| 1998 | 1746 (1055 to 2436) | 14.6 (8.8 to 20.3) | – | – |
| 1999 | 2851 (1616 to 4086) | 23.8 (13.5 to 34.1) | – | – |
| 2000 | 2837 (1574 to 4100) | 23.6 (13.1 to 34.2) | – | – |
| 2001 | 3638 (2561 to 4715) | 30.3 (21.3 to 39.3) | – | – |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 7–11 | 1161 (531 to 1790) | 9.7 (4.4 to 14.9) | 2723 | 4.3 (2.0 to 6.6) |
| 12–17 | 4284 (3298 to 5269) | 35.7 (27.5 to 43.9) | 9692 | 4.4 (3.4 to 5.4) |
| 18–24 | 3333 (2008 to 4657) | 27.8 (16.7 to 38.8) | 6755 | 4.9 (3.0 to 6.9) |
| 25+ | 3221 (1797 to 4645) | 26.8 (15.0 to 38.7) | 7530 | 4.3 (2.4 to 6.2) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 11278 (8234 to 14321) | 94.0 (68.6 to 119.4) | 22775 | 5.0 (3.6 to 6.3) |
| Female | 720 (332 to 1108) | 6.0 (2.8 to 9.2) | 3925 | 1.8 (0.8 to 2.8) |