Table 2.
Details of injured skiers and snowboarders
| Skiers (n=453) |
Snowboarders (n=294) |
P value | |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Male | 281 (63.3) | 184 (62.6) | 0.846 |
| Female | 163 (36.7) | 110 (37.4) | |
| Age (years), n (%) | |||
| <15 | 44 (10.3) | 22 (7.5) | <0.01* |
| 15–60 | 363 (84.6) | 270 (92.5) | |
| >60 | 22 (5.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Skill level, n (%) | |||
| Beginner | 110 (29.5) | 101 (37.5) | <0.01* |
| Medium | 127 (34.0) | 118 (43.9) | |
| Advanced | 85 (22.8) | 37 (13.8) | |
| Expert | 51 (13.7) | 13 (4.8) | |
| Date of injury, n (%) | |||
| Weekdays | 223 (50.2) | 134 (45.7) | 0.232 |
| Weekends/holidays | 221 (49.8) | 159 (54.3) | |
| Time of injury, n (%) | |||
| Morning | 44 (10.1) | 28 (9.9) | 0.466 |
| Noon | 137 (31.6) | 89 (31.3) | |
| Afternoon | 86 (19.8) | 69 (24.3) | |
| Late afternoon | 167 (38.5) | 98 (34.5) | |
| Slope difficulty, n (%) | |||
| Beginner trail | 67 (15.3) | 42 (14.4) | 0.868 |
| Medium trail | 116 (26.5) | 82 (28.2) | |
| Advanced trail | 254 (58.1) | 167 (57.4) | |
| Cause of injury, n (%) | |||
| Involving others | 153 (32.5) | 97 (30.6) | 0.680 |
| Not involving others | 291 (67.5) | 197 (69.4) | |
| Injured body part, n (%) | |||
| Head and cervical | 57 (13.7) | 36 (13.6) | <0.01* |
| Torso | 83 (19.9) | 63 (23.8) | |
| Upper extremity | 79 (18.9) | 125 (47.2) | |
| Lower extremity | 222 (53.2) | 50 (18.9) | |
| Multipart | 22 (5.3) | 9 (3.4) |
* The data has significant difference between groups.