Table 2.
Characteristics of water-sports related injuries* by Sport, 2000-2007.
| Wakeboarding | Water skiing | Tubing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Location and Diagnosis | Estimate† | % | Estimate† | % | Estimate† | % | |
| Overall‡ | 18882 | 51923 | 11045 | 18882 | |||
| Head and Neck | 9081 (3623-14529) | 47.9 | 12736 (9336-16135) | 24.6 | 3830 (2140-5520) | 34.7 | |
| Concussion | 2261 (939-3583) | 24.9 | 1239 (578-1900) | 9.7 | 583 (186-836) | 15.2 | |
| Contusion/Abrasion | 300 (45-555) | 3.3 | 654 (274-1034) | 5.1 | 583 (80-1085) | 15.2 | |
| Fracture | 261 (18-504) | 2.9 | 595 (227-964) | 4.7 | 380 (126-633) | 9.9 | |
| Laceration | 4660 (1235-8086) | 51.3 | 5901 (4036-7767) | 46.3 | 588 (0-1229) | 15.4 | |
| Strain/Sprain | 197 (0-396) | 2.2 | 1550 (960-2140) | 12.2 | 867 (448-1286) | 21.6 | |
| Other | 1402 (349-2454) | 15.4 | 2323 (1799-3675) | 21.5 | 900 (475-1324) | 22.6 | |
| Hip and Lower Extremity | 5009 (2573-7445) | 26.5 | 18644 (14215-23072) | 35.9 | 2104 (1109-3099) | 19.0 | |
| Contusion/Abrasion | 362 (74-650) | 7.2 | 1850 (1089-2611) | 9.9 | 327 (47-606) | 15.5 | |
| Dislocation | 84 (0-223) | 1.7 | 164 (0-419) | 0.9 | 0 | - | |
| Fracture | 1065 (346-1785) | 21.3 | 1990 (1169-2811) | 10.7 | 101 (0-249) | 4.8 | |
| Laceration | 227 (4-450) | 4.5 | 1618 (704-2533) | 8.7 | 313 (0-742) | 14.9 | |
| Strain/Sprain | 2870 (1208-4531) | 57.3 | 10444 (8034-12855) | 56.0 | 1130 (465-1796) | 53.7 | |
| Other | 402 (43-760) | 8.0 | 2578 (1450-3706) | 8.7 | 233 (0-504) | 11.1 | |
| Shoulder and Upper Extremity | 2802 (823-4781) | 14.8 | 9479 (6287-12672) | 18.3 | 2666 (1490-3842) | 24.1 | |
| Contusion/Abrasion | 711 (0-1598) | 25.4 | 1772 (1001-2543) | 18.6 | 398 (80-716) | 14.9 | |
| Dislocation | 945 (174-1716) | 33.7 | 950 (55-1843) | 10.0 | 195 (0-415) | 7.3 | |
| Fracture | 366 (76-656) | 13.1 | 964 (345-1584) | 10.2 | 783 (276-1289) | 29.4 | |
| Laceration | 35 (0-104) | 1.2 | 590 (180-999) | 6.2 | 6 (0-18) | 0.2 | |
| Strain/Sprain | 582 (204-959) | 20.8 | 3109 (1971-4247) | 32.8 | 927 (433-1421) | 34.8 | |
| Other | 164 (0-375) | 5.9 | 2094 (1204-2984) | 22.1 | 282 (0-826) | 10.6 | |
| Trunk | 1990 (860-3119) | 10.6 | 11064 (8352-13777) | 21.3 | 2445 (1432-3457) | 22.1 | |
| Contusion/Abrasion | 703 (195-1210) | 35.3 | 3138 (2128-4147) | 28.4 | 928 (366-1490) | 38.0 | |
| Dislocation | 35 (0-104) | 1.7 | 87 (0-230) | 0.8 | 71 (0-213) | 2.9 | |
| Fracture | 216 (0-435) | 10.9 | 1594 (927-2261) | 14.4 | 103 (0-249) | 4.2 | |
| Internal Injury | 16 (0-47) | 0.8 | 74 (0-210) | 0.7 | 95 (0-256) | 3.9 | |
| Sprain/Strain | 722 (258-1186) | 36.3 | 4273 (2730-5816) | 38.6 | 800 (282-1318) | 32.7 | |
| Other | 298 (17-580) | 15.0 | 1832 (1095-2569) | 15.9 | 370 (121-774) | 15.1 | |
* Estimates based on weighted data.
† Weighted estimates <1200 cases may be statistically unstable.
‡ Estimates differ from those reported in Table 1 due to missing information for injury characteristics.