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Table 3 Comparative analysis of prevalence proportions in different age groups (adults only), with the 16–19 years as the reference group

From: Injury prevalence across sports: a descriptive analysis on a representative sample of the Danish population

Adults age participants IP IPP IPP-ratio
a 95% CI ninj 95% CI ninj /a 95% CI IPP/IPP 95% CI
16–19 197 170 224 76 63 89 0,39 0,32 0,45 1   
20–29 467 428 506 138 119 157 0,30 0,25 0,34 0,76 0,60 0,95
30–39 410 373 447 114 96 132 0,28 0,23 0,32 0,71 0,58 0,88
40–49 494 454 534 124 105 143 0,25 0,21 0,29 0,64 0,52 0,80
50–59 465 426 504 97 80 114 0,21 0,17 0,25 0,53 0,42 0,68
60–69 425 388 462 49 36 62 0,12 0,08 0,15 0,30 0,22 0,41
70+ 426 389 463 23 14 32 0,05 0,03 0,08 0,14 0,09 0,22
  1. Participation, “a” number of participants
  2. IP injury prevalence, “ninj” number of injuries
  3. IPP injury prevalence proportion in different activities of adults, ninj/a the proportion
  4. IPP-ratio prevalence proportion-ratio, IPP/IPP the ratio between injury proportions
  5. CI confidence interval
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Injury Epidemiology

ISSN: 2197-1714