Estimated annual number and percentage of sports and recreational related injury episodes, rate per 1000 population, and 95% confidence interval (CI) by type of activity and sex for persons aged 5 years and older: US, 1997–99
| Total | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | No in 1000s (%)* | Rate (95% CI) | No in 1000s (%)* | Rate (95% CI) | No in 1000s (%)* | Rate (95% CI) |
| *Numbers and percentages may not sum to total due to rounding. | ||||||
| †Estimates may be unstable because they are based on <20 cases or the coefficient of variation >30%. | ||||||
| ‡Recreational sports includes tennis, racquetball, badminton and other racquet sports, as well as golf, bowling, fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain climbing and other leisure sports;other individual sports includes all other sport recreation categories; for example, horseback riding, all-terrain vehicle, frisbee, and catch; and other team sports includes volleyball, rugby, hockey, lacrosse, cricket, and others. | ||||||
| Basketball | 977 (14.4) | 3.9 (3.3 to 4.5) | 777 (16.6) | 6.4 (5.4 to 7.4) | 199 (9.4) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.1) |
| Pedal cycling | 649 (9.6) | 2.6 (2.1 to 3.1) | 554 (11.9) | 4.6 (3.7 to 5.5) | 95 (4.5) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.0) |
| Recreational sport‡ | 647 (9.5) | 2.6 (2.2 to 3.0) | 461 (9.9) | 3.8 (3.1 to 4.5) | 185 (8.8) | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) |
| Exercising | 614 (9.1) | 2.5 (2.1 to 2.9) | 359 (7.7) | 3.0 (2.3 to 3.7) | 255 (12.1) | 2.0 (1.5 to 2.5) |
| Football | 572 (8.4) | 2.3 (1.9 to 2.7) | 540 (11.6) | 4.5 (3.7 to 5.3) | 32 (1.5)† | – |
| Baseball/softball | 492 (7.3) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.4) | 339 (7.3) | 2.8 (2.2 to 3.4) | 153 (7.3) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) |
| Soccer | 352 (5.2) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 203 (4.3) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.2) | 149 (7.1) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) |
| Ice/roller skating/skateboarding | 342 (5.0) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 187 (4.0) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.0) | 155 (7.4) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) |
| Gymnastics/cheerleading | 302 (4.5) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 80 (1.7)† | – | 222 (10.5) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.2) |
| Snow sports | 284 (4.2) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 202 (4.3) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.3) | 82 (3.9)† | – |
| Playground equipment | 238 (3.5) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 135 (2.9) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 103 (4.9) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.0) |
| Water sports | 226 (3.3) | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) | 134 (2.9) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 92 (4.4) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.0) |
| Combative sports | 180 (2.7) | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 152 (3.3) | 1.3 (0.8 to 1.8) | 28 (1.3)† | – |
| Other individual sports‡ | 493 (7.3) | 2.0 (1.6 to 2.4) | 321 (6.9) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.2) | 173 (8.2) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) |
| Other team sports | 414 (6.1) | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.1) | 228 (4.9) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.5) | 186 (8.8) | 1.4 (1.0 to 1.8) |
| Total | 6781 (100.0) | 27.2 (25.6 to 28.8) | 4672 (100.0) | 38.5 (36.0 to 41.0) | 2108 (100.0) | 16.5 (14.9 to 18.1) |