Table 1 Ankle injuries sustained by 14–22 year olds participating in football, baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, field hockey, or wrestling treated in US emergency departments from 2009 through 2013
Variable | Actual Count | National Estimatesa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 15,799 | 78.0 | 551,665 | 77.5 |
 Female | 4462 | 22.0 | 160,497 | 22.5 |
Sport | ||||
 Football | 3204 | 15.8 | 111,169 | 15.6 |
 Baseball | 564 | 2.8 | 22,318 | 3.1 |
 Softball | 616 | 3.0 | 24,775 | 3.5 |
 Male Basketball | 10,084 | 49.8 | 351,710 | 49.4 |
 Female Basketball | 1707 | 8.4 | 58,313 | 8.2 |
 Male Lacrosse | 119 | 0.6 | 4093 | 0.6 |
 Female Lacrosse | 100 | 0.5 | 3389 | 0.5 |
 Male Soccer | 1598 | 7.9 | 53,404 | 7.5 |
 Female Soccer | 1267 | 6.3 | 45,850 | 6.4 |
 Volleyball | 733 | 3.6 | 27,087 | 3.8 |
 Field Hockey | 39 | 0.2 | 1083 | 0.2 |
 Wrestling | 230 | 1.1 | 8971 | 1.3 |
Diagnosis | ||||
 Contusion | 346 | 1.7 | 13,526 | 1.9 |
 Dislocation | 63 | 0.3 | 1850 | 0.3 |
 Fracture | 1920 | 9.5 | 65,008 | 9.1 |
 Laceration | 29 | 0.1 | 1063 | 0.1 |
 Sprain/Strain | 16,955 | 83.7 | 588,507 | 82.6 |
 Other | 948 | 4.7 | 42,208 | 5.9 |
Disposition | ||||
 Released | 19,977 | 98.6 | 704,089 | 98.9 |
 Hospitalized | 152 | 0.8 | 3631 | 0.5 |
 Other | 132 | 0.7 | 4442 | 0.6 |
Total | 20,261 | 100.0 | 712,162 | 100.0 |