Table 3.

Absolute numbers, proportions, IRs, proportions on overall time loss according to injury types

Injury types	No. of injuries	Proportional frequency % [95% CI] n = 6653 injuries	IR per 1000 football hours [95% CI]	% of days lost
Muscle/tendon	3288	49.4 [48.2–50.6]	2.7 [2.6–2.8]	37.0
Joint/ligament	1075	16.2 [15.3–17.0]	0.9 [0.9–1.0]	41.1
Contusion	855	12.9 [12.1–13.7]	0.7 [0.7–0.8]	2.8
Muscle/tendon/joint/ligament (additional injury type back)	329	4.9 [4.4–5.5]	0.3 [0.2–0.3]	1.5
Fracture/bone	298	4.5 [4.0–5.0]	0.2 [0.2–0.3]	11.4
CNS/PNS	160	2.4 [2.0–2.8]	0.1 [0.1–0.2]	1.7
Laceration/skin injury	79	1.2 [0.9–1.5]	0.1 [0.1–0.1]	0.4
Joint/ligament suspected (additional injury type ankle, knee)	77	1.2 [0.9–1.4]	0.1 [0.1–0.1]	0.6
Other	15	0.2 [0.1–0.3]	0.0 [0.0–0.0]	0.6
Unknown	477	7.2 [6.6–7.8]	0.4 [0.4–0.4]	3.4

CI confidence interval; IR injury incidence rate; CNS/PNS central/peripheral nervous system