Table 5

Number (%) and diagnosis of all illnesses and time-loss illnesses in male and female athletes

IllnessesTime-loss illnesses
Total% of illnessesMale%Female%NATotal%Male%Female%
All illnesses13710069100681000271001310014100
Gastrointestinal (1)*2115.3811.61319.10829.6215.4642.9
 Pain53.611.445.927.400.0214.3
 Diarrhoea/Vomiting139.568.7710.3622.2215.4428.6
 Other32.211.422.90.00.00.0
Uro-genital (2)32.200.034.4000.000.000.0
 Pain21.50.022.90.00.00.0
 NA10.70.011.50.00.00.0
Respiratory/ear, Nose, throat (3)*5540.13043.52536.80933.3646.2321.4
 Fever107.368.745.9311.1215.417.1
 Pain1510.9913.068.827.417.717.1
 Dyspnoea/cough128.8710.157.4311.1215.417.1
 Hyperthermia21.511.411.513.717.70.0
 Lethargy10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Other107.345.868.80.00.00.0
 NA53.634.322.90.00.00.0
Cardiovascular (4)21.522.900.0027.4215.400.0
 Dehydratation/exsiccosis10.711.40.013.717.70.0
 Collapse/(near) syncope10.711.40.013.717.70.0
Neurological (5)*128.868.768.80311.1215.417.1
 Pain53.645.811.513.717.70.0
 Hyperthermia10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Dehydration10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Syncope10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Lethargy10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Other32.222.911.527.417.717.1
Dermatological (6)85.845.845.9013.700.017.1
 Pain10.711.40.00.00.00.0
 Other75.134.345.913.70.017.1
Musculoskeletal (7)32.211.422.9000.000.000.0
 Pain32.211.422.90.00.00.0
Dental (8)75.157.222.9000.000.000.0
 Pain53.645.811.50.00.00.0
 Other10.711.40.00.00.00.0
 NA10.70.011.50.00.00.0
Other (9)*2518.21217.41319.10414.817.7321.4
 Fever21.511.411.50.00.00.0
 Pain32.222.911.50.00.00.0
 Hyperthermia21.50.022.90.00.00.0
 Dehydration139.5710.168.8311.117.7214.3
 Syncope10.70.011.50.00.00.0
 Lethargy21.50.022.913.70.017.1
 Other21.522.90.00.00.00.0
 NA10.711.40.00.00.00.0
  • * Since some illnesses presented more than one symptom, the sum of illness and time-loss illnesses is higher than actually reported.