Number of injuries and runs for each discipline during the six seasons before (2006–2012) and three seasons after (2012–2015) the change of ski regulations with relative injury rate (injuries per 1000 runs) and risk ratio computed with 95% CI
Injuries (n) | Exposure (runs) | Incidence | |||||
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Discipline | 2006–2012 | 2012–2015 | 2006–2012 | 2012–2015 | 2006–2012 | 2012–2015 | RR (95% CI) |
Downhill | 113 | 37 | 6241 | 2782 | 18.1 (14.8 to 21.4) | 13.3 (9.0 to 17.6) | 0.74 (0.51 to 1.07) |
Super-G | 49 | 21 | 4399 | 2022 | 11.1 (8.0 to 14.3) | 10.4 (5.9 to 14.8) | 0.93 (0.56 to 1.56) |
Giant slalom | 59 | 25 | 6903 | 3852 | 8.5 (6.4 to 10.7) | 6.5 (3.9 to 9.0) | 0.76 (0.48 to 1.21) |
Slalom* | 40 | 10 | 9946 | 4728 | 4.0 (2.8 to 5.3) | 2.1 (0.8 to 3.4) | 0.53 (0.26 to 1.05) |
Total | 261 | 93 | 27 489 | 13 384 | 9.5 (8.3 to 10.6) | 6.9 (5.5 to 8.4) | 0.73 (0.58 to 0.93)† |
*Slalom did not undergo ski changes.
†Significant difference (p<0.05).