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Table 4 Age-group specific rates of sports/recreation-related injuries and proportions of TBI among school-age children: NC, 2010–2014

From: Characteristics of sports and recreation-related emergency department visits among school-age children and youth in North Carolina, 2010–2014

Sport/ recreational activitya,b

Age group

5–9 years of age

10–14 years of age

15–18 years of age

No.

Ratec

% with TBI

P-valued

No.

Ratec

% with TBI

P-valued

No.

Ratec

% with TBI

P-valued

Team sports

6551

204.6

13.2

<.001

35,750

1108.3

11.5

0.002

30,520

1190.2

13.7

0.87

 American tackle football

2274

71

12.8

0.05

12,953

401.6

13.4

<.001

9193

358.5

16.9

<.001

 Basketball

1427

44.6

12.5

0.21

10,204

316.3

8.6

<.001

11,711

456.7

8.5

<.001

 Soccer

1196

37.3

9.8

0.06

4897

151.8

12.2

0.011

4015

156.6

19.0

<.001

 Baseball/softball

1266

39.5

17.9

<.001

4821

149.5

11.8

0.14

2753

107.4

14.1

0.44

 Volleyball

36

1.1

11.1

>.99

879

27.3

7.5

<.001

793

30.9

10.8

0.02

 Lacrosse/field hockey

28

0.9

10.7

>.99

302

9.4

21.5

<.001

553

21.6

25.1

<.001

 Touch/flag football

85

2.7

21.2

0.005

309

9.6

14.2

0.08

242

9.4

17.4

0.09

 Rugby

0

0.0

48

1.5

33.3

<.001

237

9.2

29.1

<.001

 Other team sports

239

7.5

12.6

0.61

1337

41.4

10.8

0.76

1023

39.9

13.3

0.75

Individual sports

755

23.6

8.7

0.02

2542

78.8

10.2

0.15

2865

111.7

13

0.32

 Wrestling

277

8.7

9.4

0.27

1419

44

11.5

0.64

1876

73.2

13.7

0.94

 Martial arts

106

3.3

8.5

0.33

259

8.0

10

0.58

160

6.2

13.1

0.85

 Racquet

16

0.5

6.3

>.99

79

2.4

8.9

0.53

91

3.5

7.7

0.10

 Golf

58

1.8

17.2

0.17

58

1.8

15.5

0.28

43

1.7

16.3

0.61

 Boxinge

<10

40

1.2

2.5

0.12

115

4.5

7.8

0.07

 Bowling

44

1.4

2.3

0.06

34

1.1

0

0.03

28

1.1

0.0

0.03

 Track and fielde

<10

39

1.2

5.1

0.31

58

2.3

10.3

0.46

 Other individual sports

250

7.8

7.6

0.05

614

19

8.5

0.04

494

19.3

13.4

0.86

Fall/struck by/against in sports

2724

85.1

15.2

<.001

11,714

363.2

15.8

<.001

9496

370.3

19.7

<.001

Other team/individual sports, NEC

128

4.0

9.4

0.45

375

11.6

10.1

0.55

276

10.8

12

0.41

Dancing and rhythmic movement

1009

31.5

5.9

<.001

2604

80.7

10.1

0.09

1904

74.2

14.5

0.24

 Cheerleading

103

3.2

10.7

0.80

1006

31.2

16.6

<.001

971

37.9

20.2

<.001

 Gymnastics

563

17.6

5.0

<.001

938

29.1

7.0

<.001

295

11.5

10.2

0.08

 Other dancing/rhythmic movement

343

10.7

6.1

0.002

660

20.5

4.4

<.001

638

24.9

8.0

<.001

Cardio and strength training

4453

139.1

13.0

0.001

6084

188.6

6.3

<.001

4876

190.1

4.8

<.001

 Running

3253

101.6

14.5

<.001

3948

122.4

6.7

<.001

1929

75.2

5.4

<.001

 Walking

1071

33.4

8.9

0.007

1631

50.6

6.4

<.001

1609

62.7

5.3

<.001

 Other cardio

64

2.0

9.4

0.60

134

4.2

2.2

0.001

123

4.8

4.1

0.002

 Strength training

63

2.0

12.7

0.76

367

11.4

4.1

<.001

1211

47.2

3.3

<.001

 Yogae

<10

<10

<10

Play/unstructured activities

12,188

380.6

8.1

<.001

5039

156.2

7.5

<.001

982

38.3

9.0

<.001

 Fall from playground equipment

9290

290.1

8.9

<.001

2246

69.6

9.7

0.03

275

10.7

13.8

0.93

 Trampoline

2396

74.8

4.6

<.001

1816

56.3

3.6

<.001

411

16.0

4.1

<.001

 Frisbee

12

0.4

8.3

>.99

61

1.9

11.5

0.93

79

3.1

12.7

0.80

 Jumping rope

58

1.8

8.6

0.49

74

2.3

4.1

0.05

15

0.6

6.7

0.71

 Activities involving physical games

432

13.5

9.5

0.19

842

26.1

10.0

0.30

202

7.9

10.9

0.25

Pedal cycle

9145

285.6

12.8

<.001

8713

270.1

10.6

0.14

3126

121.9

14.3

0.25

 Nontraffic

8297

259.1

12.7

<.001

7775

241

10.4

0.045

2519

98.2

14.1

0.46

 Traffic

210

6.6

25.7

<.001

382

11.8

24.1

<.001

414

16.1

17.6

0.02

 Unspecified

638

19.9

8.9

0.04

556

17.2

4.3

<.001

193

7.5

9.8

0.12

Activities involving water

1001

31.3

13.1

0.11

1528

47.4

14.8

<.001

1360

53

15.0

0.14

 Waterskiing

17

0.5

47.1

<.001

77

2.4

27.3

<.001

118

4.6

23.7

0.001

 Other activities involving water

984

30.7

12.5

0.32

1451

45.0

14.1

<.001

1242

48.4

14.2

0.58

Other recreational activities

7244

226.2

11.7

0.56

14,149

438.6

10.5

0.02

9381

365.8

13.9

0.45

 Roller skating/skateboarding

2428

75.8

7.5

<.001

6514

201.9

8.0

<.001

3434

133.9

11.5

<.001

 Snow/off-road vehicles

1257

39.3

16.8

<.001

2791

86.5

14.5

<.001

2429

94.7

15.9

0.001

 Snow skiing, snowboarding, etc.

541

16.9

22.4

<.001

1706

52.9

14.0

<.001

1527

59.5

17.3

<.001

 Animal being ridden

414

12.9

21.5

<.001

978

30.4

20.9

<.001

1123

43.8

20.7

<.001

 Scooter

1433

45.1

11.4

0.96

929

28.8

9.3

0.07

123

4.8

2.4

<.001

 Air gun

377

11.8

2.7

<.001

768

23.8

2.3

<.001

448

17.5

1.1

<.001

 Climbing/rappelling

794

24.8

8.7

0.01

463

14.4

4.8

<.001

297

11.6

5.7

<.001

Place of recreation/sport

4293

134.1

13.0

0.001

6387

198

9.4

<.001

4356

169.9

9.9

<.001

Total

49,491

1545.5

11.5

94,885

2941.6

11.1

69,142

2696.3

13.6

  1. aAmong ED visits with more than one sports and recreation-related E-code, categorization was based on the most specific E-code. In instances when two or more E-codes were the same level of specificity, categorization was based on the first-listed E-code
  2. bSport/recreational activity designations have been abbreviated for display; for complete descriptions, please see Table 1
  3. CPopulation-based incidence rates are per 100,000 person-years
  4. dPearson chi-square tests (expected cell counts > 5) and Fisher’s Exact tests used (expected cell counts < 5) were used for calculation of p-values
  5. eIn order to protect patient anonymity, cells with counts of 1–9 ED visits are suppressed