Table 2.

Incidence, prevalence and average weekly prevalence of health problems in male, female and all players

Incidence	Total	95% CI	Men	95% CI	Women	95% CI
All health problems
per 1000 exposure-hours	5.5	4.9–6.1	4	3.4–4.6	12.1	10.2–13.9
Illnesses
per 1000 athlete-days	2.1	1.7–2.4	1.4	1.1–1.8	5.1	3.9–6.4
Injuries
per 1000 exposure-hours	4.3	3.7–4.8	3.1	2.6–3.6	9.2	7.5–10.8
Overuse injuries
per 1000 exposure-hours	2.9	2.5–3.3	1.8	1.5–2.2	7.5	6.0–9.0
Acute injuries
per 1000 exposure-hours	1.3	1.0-1.6	1.3	0.9–1.6	1.7	1.0-2.4
Prevalence	Total (%)	95% CI	Men (%)	95% CI	Women (%)	95% CI
All health problems	60	48–72	55	41–70	77	54–100
Illnesses	22	11–32	13	3–22	54	27–81
Injuries	47	34–59	45	31–59	54	27–81
Overuse injuries	37	25–49	36	22–50	39	12–65
Acute injuries	18	9–28	17	6–28	23	0–46
Multiple health problems (more than 1 health problem reported)	37	25–49	32	19–45	54	27–81
Average weekly prevalence	Total (%)	CI 95%	Men (%)	CI 95%	Women (%)	CI 95%
All health problems	11	1–21	9	0–18	24	0–56
Illnesses	2	0–6	1	0–5	5	0–21
Injuries	9	0–18	7	0–16	19	0–49
Overuse injuries	6	0–14	5	0–13	10	0–33
Acute injuries	3	0–8	2	0–7	9	0–30
Substantial health problems	5	0–13	5	0–12	11	0–35