Table 1.

Demographics, mechanism of injury, injury severity, and hospital stay information for patients injured while participating in rodeo events.

Parameter	Number (%)
Number of patients	70 (100%)
Age (years)*	29.8 ± 15.8 (5 – 75)
Male	54 (77.1%)
Mechanism of injury
Contact with rodeo stock (i.e., collision, rolled on, gored)	35 (50.0%)
Falls from animals	34 (48.6%)
Struck by gate	1 (1.4%)
Admission level
Level I	5 (7.1%)
Level II	59 (84.3%)
Consult, or non-trauma service	6 (8.6%)
Injury Severity Score (ISS)**	7.0 (4 – 10)

^*Mean ± SD (range);

^**Median (IQR).