Table 13.

Injury: seasonal incidence by body area and injury type

Injury type	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Fractured facial bones	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3
Other head and facial injuries	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Neck injuries	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
Shoulder tendon injuries	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.2
Other shoulder injuries	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.8	0.5	1.5	0.3
Arm/forearm fractures	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other elbow/arm injuries	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.3
Wrist and hand fractures	1.1	0.7	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9
Other wrist/hand injuries	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.9
Side and abdominal strains	1.6	1.0	2.1	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.4	0.6	1.7	1.7	1.4
Other trunk injuries	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1
Lumbar stress fractures	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.6
Other lumbar injuries	1.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.1	1.8	1.1	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.2
Groin and hip injuries	2.0	0.7	1.0	0.9	3.2	1.4	0.8	1.2	1.6	1.1	0.9
Thigh and hamstring strains	3.2	1.6	2.6	2.6	1.9	2.9	2.6	1.3	2.1	4.4	4.8
Buttock and other thigh injuries	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.4
Knee cartilage injuries	0.7	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.8	0.9	0.7	0.4
Other knee injuries	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3
Shin and foot stress fractures	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.9
Ankle and foot sprains	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.6	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.2	1.1
Other shin, foot and ankle injuries	0.9	1.2	0.5	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.2
Heat related illness	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Medical illness	0.7	2.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.3	0.3
Total	18.0	16.4	17.4	18.3	19.8	16.4	15.0	15.1	17.4	20.2	16.8