Table 5 Gender, age, experience level and severity of incident in reported non‐fatal skydiving injury events in Sweden during 1999–2003 (n = 257), reported serious incidents of maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale ⩾3 severity (n = 30) and questionnaire responses (n = 229).
| Reported incidents (n = 257) | Serious incidents* | Questionnaire responses† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed | Students | Licensed | Students | ||
| Incidents | 150 | 107 | 30 | 138 | 87 |
| Men | 108 | 73 | 20 | 100 | 58 |
| Women | 42 | 34 | 10 | 38 | 29 |
| Median (range) age, years | 28 (16–63) | 24 (16–58) | 33 (17–60) | 28 (16–63) | 24 (16–58) |
| Men | 30 (16–63) | 26 (18–58) | 32 (17–60) | 30 (16–63) | 26 (18–58) |
| Women | 26 (18–39) | 23 (16–52) | 34 (22–52) | 26 (18–39) | 23 (16–52) |
| Jumps, median (range) | 331 (15–4000) | 5 (1–73) | 328 (1–4000) | 330 (15–4000) | 5 (1–60) |
| Men | 409 (15–4000) | 5 (1–42 | 400 (1–4000) | 420 (15–4000) | 7 (1–42) |
| Women | 160 (20–1750) | 3 (1–73) | 63 (1–1200) | 160 (35–1750) | 5 (1–60) |
| Severity | |||||
| MAIS 1 | 65 | 40 | 0 | 58 | 36 |
| MAIS 2 | 62 | 60 | 0 | 57 | 45 |
| MAIS 3 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 6 |
| MAIS ⩾4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MAIS, maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale.
*n = 30 (MAIS ⩾3 severity).
†n = 229 (response rate 89%) including serious incidents. This corresponded to a total of 216 skydivers, of which 13 were injured in two separate incidents and answered separate questionnaires for each incident. A postal error rendered four questionnaire responses unrelatable to gender and experience level. Hospital records were retrieved for 85 incidents where the medical information given in the questionnaire was insufficient. One female first‐jump student with an open calf fracture in the MAIS ⩾3 group did not respond to the questionnaire (serious incidents response rate 97%).