Table 1.
Overview of included surveys and gender-stratified numbers of adolescents sustaining at least one sports injury over a one year period.
| Country | Survey year | Total number of surveyed males | Total number of surveyed females | Percentage of males sustaining at least one sports injury | Percentage of females sustaining at least one sports injury | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 2005 | 979 | 1199 | 25.5 (22.8–28.4) | 17.6 (15.5–19.9) | <.0001 |
| Djibouti | 2007 | 1013 | 761 | 20.6 (18.2–23.3) | 14.7 (12.3–17.4) | .001 |
| Egypt | 2011 | 1182 | 1350 | 38.1 (35.3–40.9) | 15.2 (13.3–17.2) | <.0001 |
| Ghana | 2007 | 3207 | 2917 | 28.8 (27.2–30.4) | 20.2 (18.7–21.7) | <.0001 |
| Kenya | 2003 | 1784 | 1882 | 22.6 (20.7–24.6) | 16.2 (14.6–17.9) | <.0001 |
| Libya | 2007 | 948 | 1259 | 19.5 (17.0–22.2) | 7.8 (6.4–9.4) | <.0001 |
| Mauritius | 2007 | 1118 | 1157 | 22.9 (20.5–25.5) | 7.6 (6.1–9.3) | <.0001 |
| Morocco | 2010 | 1514 | 1373 | 20.3 (18.3–22.5) | 5.2 (4.1–6.5) | <.0001 |
| Swaziland | 2003 | 2526 | 4470 | 19.7 (18.2–21.3) | 6.9 (6.2–7.7) | <.0001 |
| Tanzania | 2014 | 1026 | 1114 | 13.5 (11.5–15.8) | 9.8 (8.1–11.7) | .007 |
| Tunisia | 2008 | 1379 | 1453 | 18.5 (16.5–20.6) | 6.1 (4.9–7.5) | <.0001 |
| Uganda | 2003 | 1615 | 1527 | 30.4 (28.2–32.7) | 18.0 (16.1–20.0) | <.0001 |
| Zambia | 2014 | 1052 | 1101 | 22.0 (19.5–24.6) | 19.4 (17.1–21.9) | .149 |
| Zimbabwe | 2014 | 2515 | 3128 | 22.7 (21.1–24.4) | 13.0 (11.9–14.2) | <.0001 |
| Total | 21858 | 24691 | 23.7 (23.1–24.2)* | 12.5 (12.1–12.9)* |
*
Calculated as weighted averages based on relative sample sizes of country surveys.