Table 1.

Accident Compensation Corporation claim and player numbers per year by gender and age group: 2005–17

Gender	Age group, years
	5–6		7–12		13–17		18–20		21–30		31–40		Overall
	Claims	Players	Claims	Players	Claims	Players	Claims	Players	Claims	Players	Claims	Players	Claims	Players
Female	7 ± 3	1267 ± 455a	364 ± 94	8103 ± 3086	1306 ± 409	3861 ± 638	384 ± 144	687 ± 178	801 ± 251	906 ± 200	275 ± 48	296 ± 52	3138 ± 925	15,120 ± 4370
Male	112 ± 22	10,148 ± 1519	4574 ± 661	49,233 ± 2555	14,186 ± 1597	31,676 ± 1855	7513 ± 762	9810 ± 585	15,012 ± 1130	18,039 ± 721	4362 ± 359	6995 ± 296	45,759 ± 4346	125,902 ± 4164
Total	119 ± 26	11,415 ± 1952	4938 ± 744	57,336 ± 5290	15,492 ± 1922	35,538 ± 1523	7899 ± 857	10,497 ± 502	15,813 ± 1282	18,945 ± 769	4637 ± 366	7291 ± 272	47,817 ± 5095	141,022 ± 7074
Percent of all claims for age group	0.2		10		32		16		20		9.5		100
Percent of all players in age group		8		41		25		7		8		5		100

^aStatistics are means per year ± one standard deviation