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Table 1 Soccer-related injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2004 to 2013a

From: Epidemiologic comparisons of soccer-related injuries presenting to emergency departments and reported within high school and collegiate settings

 

Actual counts

National estimatesb

Variable

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Male

39,623

62.6

1,249,650

61.3

 Female

23,629

37.4

789,447

38.7

 Unknown

6

<0.1

153

<0.1

Body Part

 Head/face

12,495

19.8

389,098

19.1

 Neck

742

1.2

22,636

1.1

 Shoulder

2,983

4.7

95,826

4.7

 Arm/elbow

4,792

7.6

130,865

6.4

 Hand/wrist

9,483

15.0

312,371

15.3

 Trunk

4,367

6.9

140,000

6.9

 Thigh/upper leg

707

1.1

23,197

1.1

 Knee

7,528

11.9

249,572

12.2

 Lower leg

3,703

5.9

115,154

5.7

 Ankle

10,633

16.8

359,583

17.6

 Foot

5,387

8.5

187,046

9.2

 Otherc

438

0.7

13,904

0.7

Diagnosis

 Concussion

2,981

4.7

84,606

4.2

 Contusion

10,673

16.9

361,302

17.7

 Dislocation

1,740

2.8

58,756

2.9

 Fracture

14,750

23.3

452,411

22.2

 Laceration

3,571

5.7

120,190

5.9

 Sprain/strain

20,604

32.6

693,211

34.0

 Otherd

8,939

14.1

268,775

13.2

Disposition

 Released

61,313

96.9

1,989,373

97.6

 Hospitalized

1,427

2.3

31,325

1.5

 Fatality

6

<0.1

151

<0.1

 Othere

512

0.8

18,401

0.9

Total

63,258

100.0

2,039,250

100.0

  1. aDoes not include cases under 2 years of age
  2. bNational estimates were calculated by applying statistical weights provided by the US Consumer Product Safety. Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System to actual case counts
  3. cIncludes internal injuries, injuries not recorded, etc
  4. dIncludes burns, ingesting foreign objects, unrecorded diagnoses, etc
  5. eIncludes transferred, left without being seen, not recorded, etc
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Injury Epidemiology

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