Table 1.
Estimated Number of Water-Sports Related Injuries and Rates* (Per 100,000 Persons) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) by Selected Demographic Characteristics, 2000-2007.
| Wakeboarding | Water skiing | Tubing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Rate (95%CI) | Estimate | Rate (95% CI) | Estimate | Rate (95% CI) | ||
| Overall | 18,967 | 0.81 (0.39-1.24) | 52,399 | 2.24 (1.74-2.75) | 11,045 | 0.47 (0.33-0.62) | |
| Year | 2000 | 1,703 | 0.60 (0.23-0.98) | 9,370 | 3.32 (2.43-4.20) | 1,502 | 0.53 (0.25-0.82) |
| 2001 | 1,355 | 0.48 (0.14-0.81) | 8,977 | 3.15 (2.21-4.09) | 1,660 | 0.58 (0.34-0.83) | |
| 2002 | 2,112 | 0.73 (0.23-1.24) | 7,268 | 2.52 (1.71-3.34) | 1,234 | 0.43 (0.24-0.62) | |
| 2003 | 2,189 | 0.75 (0.20-1.31) | 6,938 | 2.39 91.71-3.06) | 477 | 0.16 (0.04-0.29) | |
| 2004 | 1,483 | 0.51 (0.10-0.91) | 4,808 | 1.64 (1.15-2.13) | 957 | 0.33 (0.16-0.50) | |
| 2005 | 1,953 | 0.66 (0.34-0.98) | 5,137 | 1.74 (1.20-2.27) | 1,324 | 0.45 (0.24-0.65) | |
| 2006 | 4,157 | 1.39 (0.22-2.56) | 5,347 | 1.79 (1.23-2.35) | 2,183 | 0.73 (0.35-1.11) | |
| 2007 | 4,014 | 1.33 (0.68-1.98) | 4,555 | 1.51 (1.07-1.95) | 1,707 | 0.57 (0.32-0.81) | |
| Age | Mean (Range) | 23.4 (5-50) | 31.6 (4-82) | 24.7 (2-69) | |||
| 0-9 | 137 | 0.04 (0.00-0.10) | 600 | 0.19 (0.06-0.31) | 409 | 0.13 (0.00-0.25) | |
| 10-19 | 6,499 | 1.95 (0.84-3.06) | 9,774 | 2.94 (2.10-3.77) | 4436 | 1.33 (0.83-1.83) | |
| 20-29 | 8,403 | 2.62 (1.30-3.94) | 14,744 | 4.59 (3.41-5.78) | 2650 | 0.83 (0.56-1.09) | |
| 30-39 | 3,001 | 0.90 (0.38-1.41) | 11,941 | 3.57 (2.53-4.60) | 2311 | 0.69 (0.37-1.01) | |
| 40-49 | 911 | 0.26 (0.02-0.49) | 10,825 | 3.04 (2.27-3.81) | 691 | 0.19 (0.07-0.31) | |
| 50-59 | 15 | 0.01 (0.00-0.02) | 3,515 | 1.24 (0.79-1.69) | 393 | 0.14 (0.01-0.27) | |
| 60+ | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.26 (0.11-0.40) | 156 | 0.04 (0.00-0.09) | |
| Gender | Female | 4,143 | 0.35 (0.14-0.56) | 13,412 | 1.13 (0.81-1.45) | 4,694 | 0.40 (0.26-0.53) |
| Male | 14,824 | 1.29 (0.62-1.96) | 38,987 | 3.39 (2.64-4.15) | 6,351 | 0.55 (0.36-0.75) | |
* Based on the U.S. census population