Table 1 National estimates* and rates† of non‐fatal horse related injuries treated in emergency departments, by age group, sex, and disposition at emergency department discharge—USA, 2001–2003.

Characteristic	Annual estimate	Percentage	Rate	(95% CI)
Age (years)
0–4	2188	2.1	11.2	(7.1 to 15.3)
5–9	4936	4.8	24.7	(17.4 to 32.0)
10–14	12 392	12.0	58.9	(43.4 to 74.3)
15–19	10 053	9.8	49.4	(35.3 to 63.4)
20–24	7795	7.6	38.4	(28.2 to 48.7)
25–29	7854	7.6	41.3	(31.3 to 51.4)
30–34	8843	8.6	42.6	(30.4 to 54.8)
35–39	10 640	10.3	48.8	(35.3 to 62.2)
40–44	11 807	11.5	51.6	(37.5 to 65.7)
45–49	9763	9.5	45.9	(31.8 to 60.0)
50–54	7004	6.8	37.4	(27.7 to 47.1)
55–59	4377	4.3	29.2	(18.4 to 40.0)
60–64	2555	2.5	22.0	(12.1 to 31.9)
65+	2665	2.6	7.5	(4.7 to 10.2)
Unknown	33	0.0	–	–
Sex
Male	42 162	41.0	29.8	(22.1 to 37.5)
Female	60 703	59.0	41.5	(30.2 to 52.7)
Unknown	39	0.0	–	–
Disposition at ED discharge
Treated and released	90 776	88.2	31.5	(24.1 to 39.0)
Admitted to hospital/transferred	11 481	11.2	4.0	(2.3 to 5.7)
Other/unknown	646	0.6	–	–
Total	102 904	100.0	35.7	(26.9 to 44.6)

*Numbers may not add up to totals because of rounding.

†Per 100 000 population.

CI, confidence interval; ED, emergency department.