Table 2.

National estimates of soccer-related injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2004 to 2013 by age group^a

	Age, y
	2 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 13	14 to 17	18 to 22	23 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 and over
	(n = 12,146)	(n = 264,307)	(n = 422,637)	(n = 688,057)	(n = 234,997)	(n = 184,017)	(n = 142,598)	(n = 67,511)	(n = 22,981)
Variable	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Body Part
Head/face	30.9	17.2	14.0	22.6	22.6	18.5	16.9	14.9	16.4
Neck	2.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.2
Shoulder	5.7	3.4	4.1	4.2	5.3	6.2	6.3	7.9	6.6
Arm/elbow	19.9	13.5	9.5	4.1	2.6	4.5	4.4	3.4	6.2
Hand/wrist	10.3	24.3	23.3	12.7	9.1	8.5	8.8	11.9	14.5
Trunk	3.9	5.9	5.5	7.1	6.3	8.1	8.6	10.9	11.9
Thigh/upper leg	2.2	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.8
Knee	5.1	7.6	10.1	12.8	14.6	17.4	14.1	13.7	11.2
Lower leg	5.9	4.2	4.4	5.5	6.1	5.9	8.8	10.7	7.7
Ankle	6.1	10.9	16.6	19.6	21.2	19.8	18.5	13.7	12.6
Foot	6.4	9.8	10.0	8.3	9.1	8.8	10.6	9.8	8.5
Otherb	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Diagnosis
Concussion	2.6	2.5	3.6	6.4	4.1	2.1	1.8	2.4	2.4
Contusion	18.7	19.9	19.2	19.1	15.5	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.3
Dislocation	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	4.3	5.7	5.3	4.7	3.6
Fracture	31.3	29.7	28.2	17.9	16.2	20.2	21.6	23.0	26.7
Laceration	11.7	5.5	3.5	4.9	9.1	8.8	8.7	6.6	7.2
Sprain/strain	14.1	26.6	32.3	35.1	37.7	37.7	37.5	36.8	30.5
Otherc	20.2	14.9	12.0	13.9	13.1	11.7	11.3	12.8	16.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

^aNational 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

^bIncludes internal injuries, injuries not recorded, etc

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