Epidemiology of skateboarding-related injuries sustained by children and adolescents 5-19 years of age and treated in US emergency departments: 1990 through 2008

Table 1 Characteristics of skateboarding-related injuries treated in US EDs, 1990-2008

Characteristic	Actual cases (n)^a	National estimate^a	% (95 %) CI^b,c,d
Age, (years)	29 921	1 226 868	100.0
5-10	6471	241 506	19.7 (18.3-21.1)
11-14	13 825	550 694	44.9 (43.6-46.2)
15-19	9625	434 668	35.4 (33.7-37.2)
Sex	29 916	1 226 727	100.0
Boys	26 578	1 092 348	89.0 (88.4-89.7)
Girls	3338	134 379	11.0 (10.3-11.6)
Locale	17 473	752 743	100.0
Home	6527	280 793	37.3 (30.4-44.2)
Street/highway	5281	220 925	29.3 (23.1-35.6)
Sports/recreation place	4120	184 251	24.5 (19.4-29.6)
School	331	15 858	2.1 (1.4-2.8)
Other	1214	50 916	6.8 (5.1-8.4)
Disposition	29 893	1 225 612	100.0
Not hospitalized	28 674	1 187 617	96.9 (96.5-97.3)
Hospitalized	1219	37 995	3.1 (2.7-3.5)
Body part injured	29 868	1 224 461	100.0
Upper extremity^e	13 216	540 473	44.1 (43.0-45.2)
Lower extremity^f	9135	388 705	31.7 (30.4-33.1)
Face^g	3361	139 439	11.4 (10.6-12.1)
Head or neck	2685	95 740	7.8 (7.1-8.5)
Trunk	1395	56 161	4.6 (4.3-4.9)
Other	76	3943	0.3 (0.2-0.4)
Diagnosis	29 884	1 225 631	100.0
Fracture or dislocation	10 052	392 923	32.1 (30.1-34.0)
Sprain or strain	6818	303 499	24.8 (22.9-26.6)
Soft Tissue	5750	245 227	20.0 (18.8-21.2)
Laceration	4059	175 523	14.3 (13.6-15.1)
TBI	1782	56 477	4.6 (3.9-5.3)
Other	1423	51 982	4.2 (3.3-5.2)

^aSome n values may differ due to missing data
^bPercentages may not total to 100.0 % due to rounding
^c95 % CIs constructed using sample weights based on the inverse probability of selection in SAS SURVEY procedures
^dAll P-values <0.0001 from the Rao-Scott design-corrected chi-square testing proportionality of groups
^eUpper extremity included finger, hand, wrist, lower arm, elbow, and upper arm
^fLower extremity included toe, foot, ankle, lower leg, knee, and upper leg
^gFace included face, mouth, eyeball, and ears

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