Nature of soccer head injury by leading mechanical factors, Kingston and area 1996–2001
| Other players or persons | Balls | Structures, surfaces, or objects | Other/unspecified | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Organised | Total | Organised | Total | Organised | Total | Organised | Total | Organised | |||||||||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| Open wound | 48 | 31.4 | 32 | 33.0 | 5 | 8.1 | – | – | 5 | 45.5 | 2 | 33.3 | – | – | – | – | 58 | 24.7 | 34 | 24.6 |
| Superficial | 27 | 17.6 | 15 | 15.5 | 11 | 17.7 | 5 | 15.6 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 44 | 18.7 | 22 | 15.9 |
| Minor head injury | 25 | 16.3 | 15 | 15.5 | 9 | 14.5 | 5 | 15.6 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 11.1 | – | – | 38 | 16.2 | 23 | 16.7 |
| Eye injury | 7 | 4.6 | 4 | 4.1 | 27 | 43.5 | 16 | 50.0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 33.3 | 36 | 15.3 | 21 | 15.2 |
| Concussion | 23 | 15.0 | 20 | 20.6 | 7 | 11.3 | 5 | 15.6 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 33 | 14.0 | 26 | 18.8 |
| Fracture | 21 | 13.7 | 10 | 10.3 | 2 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 9.8 | 11 | 8.0 | |
| Dental injury | 1 | 0.7 | – | – | 1 | 1.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0.9 | – | 0.0 | |
| Other/unspecified | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Total | 153 | 100.0 | 97 | 100.0 | 62 | 100.0 | 32 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 9 | 100.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 235 | 100.0 | 138 | 100.0 |