Table 6 Healthcare consumption and impact on life in responses (n = 229) to a questionnaire sent to all living people having reported a skydiving injury event in Sweden during 1999–2003 (n = 257) (response rate 89% including serious incidents).

	Licensed	Students	Total	Serious incidents*
Total responses	138	87	229	29
Medical treatment†	117	74	193	29
Consultations/follow‐ups
Total‡ (%)	952 (70)	395 (29)	1 359	542 (40)
Median (range)	3 (1–200)	3 (1–50)	3 (1–200)	12 (1–200)
Inpatient treatment	46	29	76	28
Time in hospital (days)
Accumulated total‡ (%)	948 (83)	178 (16)	1 140	888 (78)
Median (range)	5 (1–270)	3 (1–50)	4 (1–270)	11 (1–270)
Residual disability/discomfort	69	44	114	27
Stopped skydiving§	16	44	61	11
Work/leisure time changes§	28	20	49	15

*n = 29 (serious incidents response rate 97%). The one non‐responder of a total 30 maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale ⩾3 cases, a first‐jump student with an open calf fracture, was reportedly admitted to inpatient care and operated on.

†At a municipal health centre or hospital.

‡A postal error rendered four questionnaire responses with a total of 14 days in hospital and 12 medical consultations unrelatable to experience level. Two of these four sought medical treatment, and one reported residual disability/discomfort with work/leisure time changes and having stopped skydiving as a result of the injury.

§As a result of the injury.