Incidence of illness by onset for athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games
| Type of illness | Total number of illnesses (percentage of total number of illnesses) | Number of athletes with an illness | Proportion of athletes with an illness (%) | Illness incidence rate: number of illnesses/1000 athlete days (95% CI) |
| All | 511 (100) | 454 | 12.4 | 10.0 (9.2 to 10.9) |
| New illness | 446 (87.3) | 405 | 11.1 | 8.7 (7.9 to 9.6)* |
| Recurrent illness | 65 (12.7) | 60 | 1.6 | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.6) |
*Significantly higher than recurrent illness (p<0.05).