Table 1.

Soccer-related injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2004 to 2013^a

	Actual counts		National estimatesb
Variable	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	39,623	62.6	1,249,650	61.3
Female	23,629	37.4	789,447	38.7
Unknown	6	<0.1	153	<0.1
Body Part
Head/face	12,495	19.8	389,098	19.1
Neck	742	1.2	22,636	1.1
Shoulder	2,983	4.7	95,826	4.7
Arm/elbow	4,792	7.6	130,865	6.4
Hand/wrist	9,483	15.0	312,371	15.3
Trunk	4,367	6.9	140,000	6.9
Thigh/upper leg	707	1.1	23,197	1.1
Knee	7,528	11.9	249,572	12.2
Lower leg	3,703	5.9	115,154	5.7
Ankle	10,633	16.8	359,583	17.6
Foot	5,387	8.5	187,046	9.2
Otherc	438	0.7	13,904	0.7
Diagnosis
Concussion	2,981	4.7	84,606	4.2
Contusion	10,673	16.9	361,302	17.7
Dislocation	1,740	2.8	58,756	2.9
Fracture	14,750	23.3	452,411	22.2
Laceration	3,571	5.7	120,190	5.9
Sprain/strain	20,604	32.6	693,211	34.0
Otherd	8,939	14.1	268,775	13.2
Disposition
Released	61,313	96.9	1,989,373	97.6
Hospitalized	1,427	2.3	31,325	1.5
Fatality	6	<0.1	151	<0.1
Othere	512	0.8	18,401	0.9
Total	63,258	100.0	2,039,250	100.0

^aDoes not include cases under 2 years of age

^bNational estimates were calculated by applying statistical weights provided by the US Consumer Product Safety. Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System to actual case counts

^cIncludes internal injuries, injuries not recorded, etc

^dIncludes burns, ingesting foreign objects, unrecorded diagnoses, etc

^eIncludes transferred, left without being seen, not recorded, etc