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Table 2 Injury rates and 95% CIs by the events in Japanese collegiate men’s basketball, 2013/2014–2019/2020 and comparison with NCAA men's basketball

From: Descriptive epidemiology of injuries in Japanese collegiate men’s basketball: 2013/2014 to 2019/2020

 

Japan

NCAA

Japan versus NCAA

2009/2010–2014/2015

2014/2015–2018/2019

2009/2010–2014/2015

2014/2015–2018/2019

n

IR and 95% CI (per 1000 AEs)

n

IR and 95% CI (per 1000 AEs)

n

IR and 95% CI (per 1000 AEs)

IRR (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

Practice

Injuries

346

3.86 (3.46–4.27)

635

2.80 (2.58–3.02)

950

2.59 (2.43–2.76)

1.38 (1.21–1.57)*

1.49 (1.32–1.68)*

Severe injuries

57

0.64 (0.47–0.80)

65

0.29 (0.22–0.36)

  

2.19 (1.60–3.01)*

 

Competition

Injuries

130

16.34 (13.53–19.15)

286

4.56 (4.03–5.09)

482

4.31 (3.93–4.69)

3.58 (2.91–4.41)*

3.79 (3.12–4.60)*

Severe injuries

29

3.65 (2.32–4.97)

52

0.83 (0.60–1.05)

  

4.39 (3.00–6.43)*

 

Overalla

Injuries

480

4.92 (4.48–5.36)

921

3.18 (2.98–3.39)

1432

3.00 (2.84–3.15)

1.55 (1.39–1.73)*

1.64 (1.48–1.82)*

Severe injuries

87

0.89 (0.71–1.08)

117

0.40 (0.33–0.48)

  

2.23 (1.69–2.94)*

 
  1. AEs; athlete exposure(s): Practice = 89,559, Competition = 7,956, CI; confidence interval, IR; injury rate, IRR; injury rate ratio
  2. aOverall injuries do not equal sum of Practice and Competition injuries due to four injuries missing the event information
  3. *Japan versus the NCAA data (Zuckerman et al. 2018; Morris et al. 2021) injury rate ratio > 1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI
  4. Competition versus Practice injury rate ratio > 1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI