Table 1.

Total hand and wrist injury rate by division and gender

Division	Injury rate/10,000 athlete exposuresa	95% CI		OR (between divisions)	95% CI		P value
All sports
Division I	6.14	5.79	6.48	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Division II	4.17	3.75	4.59	0.62	0.61	0.63	< 0.01
Division III	5.25	4.93	5.57	0.79	0.78	0.80	< 0.01
All divisions	5.33	5.17	5.48	–	–	–	–
Men's sport
Division I	7.05	6.62	7.49	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Division II	4.62	4.08	5.17	0.65	0.64	0.67	< 0.01
Division III	5.82	5.39	6.25	0.83	0.81	0.84	< 0.01
All Divisions	6.01	5.80	6.21	–	–	–	–
Womens sports
Division I	4.47	3.90	5.04	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Division II	3.38	2.73	4.04	0.76	0.73	0.78	< 0.01
Division III	4.26	3.78	4.75	0.95	0.92	0.98	0.01
All Divisions	4.13	3.88	4.37	–	–	–	–

^aAthlete exposure include practice and competition