Table 3 National estimates* of non‐fatal horse related injuries treated in emergency departments, by injury circumstances†—USA, 2001–2003.

Circumstance	Annual estimate	(95% CI)	Percentage
Mounted
Fall/thrown
And no other circumstances reported	45 875	(34 598 to 57 152)	44.6
And struck by or against object (eg, fence, tree)	1896	(993 to 2800)	1.8
And was stepped on, trampled, or kicked by horse	1277	(598 to 1956)	1.2
And horse fell/rolled	1173‡	(409 to 1938)	1.1
And other circumstance(s)	522‡	(120 to 924)	0.5
Bucked/reared/spooked
And no other circumstances reported	153‡	(22 to 284)	0.1
And person fell or was thrown	7755	(4367 to 11 142)	7.5
And other circumstance(s)	777	(394 to 1160)	0.8
While riding
And no other circumstances reported	1718	(1098 to 2338)	1.7
Struck against object	1915	(1169 to 2661)	1.9
And other circumstance(s)	832	(440 to 1223)	0.8
Horse tripped, fell, and/or rolled
And no other circumstances reported	2475	(1696 to 3253)	2.4
And person fell or was thrown	1044	(425 to 1664)	1.0
And other circumstance(s)	189‡	(37 to 341)	0.2
Other/unknown circumstance(s)	425‡	(165 to 685)	0.4
Not mounted
Kicked	11 534	(8917 to 14 150)	11.2
Stepped on	6315	(4243 to 8388)	6.1
Pushed into, pulled, jerked, or knocked down	3076	(2215 to 3938)	3.0
Bitten	1817	(1087 to 2547)	1.8
Bucked/reared/spooked	1485	(761 to 2209)	1.4
Struck by or against object	1459	(913 to 2004)	1.4
Body part caught	1279	(832 to 1725)	1.2
Hit by horse's head	1017	(616 to 1419)	1.0
Horse tripped/fell/rolled	831	(413 to 1249)	0.8
Other/unknown circumstance(s)	1475	(929 to 2021)	1.4
Mounting/dismounting
Fell	995	(447 to 1544)	1.0
Jumped off	652	(325 to 979)	0.6
Other/unknown circumstance(s)	852	(541 to 1163)	0.8
Other/unknown mounted status	2090	(993 to 3187)	2.0

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

†Circumstance categories are mutually exclusive. Cases were coded to the furthest level of detail known.

‡Estimate may be unstable because the coefficient of variation is more than 30%.

CI, confidence interval.