Table 2

Incidence of illness by sport for athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, in descending order of illness incidence rate

Sport	Total number of illnesses (percentage of total number of illnesses)	Number of athletes with an illness	Total number of athletes competing	Total number of athlete days	Proportion of athletes with an illness (%)	Illness incidence rate: number of illnesses/1000 athlete days (95% CI)
All	511 (100)	454	3657	51 198	12.4	10.0 (9.2 to 10.9)
Wheelchair fencing	15 (2.9)	11	72	1008	15.3	14.9 (9.0 to 24.7)*
Canoe	10 (1.9)	9	52	728	17.3	13.7 (7.4 to 25.5)
Wheelchair rugby	18 (3.5)	15	96	1344	15.6	13.4 (8.4 to 21.3)
Para swimming	87 (17.0)	76	492	6888	15.4	12.6 (10.2 to 15.6)*
Wheelchair basketball	40 (7.8)	33	228	3192	14.5	12.5 (9.2 to 17.1)*
Boccia	17 (3.3)	16	99	1386	16.2	12.3 (7.6 to 19.7)
Shooting para sport	22 (4.3)	22	130	1820	16.9	12.1 (8.0 to 18.4)
Sailing	12 (2.3)	10	76	1064	13.2	11.3 (6.4 to 19.9)
Cycling (track and road)	30 (5.9)	27	204	2856	13.2	10.5 (7.3 to 15.0)
Para athletics	129 (25.5)	115	894	12 516	12.9	10.3 (8.7 to 12.3)
Rowing	12 (2.3)	12	88	1232	13.6	9.7 (5.5 to 17.2)
Table tennis	29 (5.7)	27	223	3122	12.1	9.3 (6.5 to 13.4)
Equestrian	9 (1.8)	8	71	994	11.3	9.1 (4.7 to 17.4)
Archery	14 (2.7)	12	113	1582	10.6	8.9 (5.2 to 14.9)
Para powerlifting	16 (3.1)	14	141	1974	9.9	8.1 (5.0 to 13.2)
Sitting volleyball	14 (2.7)	13	127	1778	10.2	7.9 (4.7 to 13.3)
Wheelchair tennis	10 (1.9)	7	94	1316	7.4	7.6 (4.1 to 14.1)
Goalball	8 (1.6)	8	102	1428	7.8	5.6 (2.8 to 11.2)
Triathlon	4 (0.8)	4	58	812	6.9	4.9 (1.8 to 13.1)
Football 5-a-side	4 (0.8)	4	70	980	5.7	4.1 (1.5 to 10.9)
Judo	6 (1.2)	6	115	1610	5.2	3.7 (1.7 to 8.3)
Football 7-a-side	5 (1.0)	5	112	1568	4.5	3.2 (1.3 to 7.7)