Distribution of soccer injuries by nature of injury, age and sex of patient, Kingston and area, 1996–2001
| Nature of injury | Soccer head injuries | Total soccer injuries (10 – 24 years) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 – 14 years | 15 – 19 years | 20 – 24 years | Total soccer head injuries (10 – 24 years) | |||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | No | % | No | % | |
| The nature of injury was inferred from the patient’s medical chart. | ||||||||||
| Open wound | 10 | – | 18 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 58 | 24.7 | 73 | 4.3 |
| Superficial | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 18.7 | 572 | 33.4 |
| Minor head injury | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 16.2 | 38 | 2.2 |
| Eye injury | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 15.3 | 36 | 2.1 |
| Concussion | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14.0 | 33 | 1.9 |
| Fracture | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 9.8 | 313 | 18.3 |
| Dental injury | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Sprain/strain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 352 | 20.5 |
| Injury to muscle, tendon, or blood vessel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 6.7 |
| Soft tissue injury | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 108 | 6.3 |
| Dislocation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 2.7 |
| Other/unspecified | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 27 | 1.6 |
| Total | 46 | 13 | 67 | 31 | 49 | 29 | 235 | 100.0 | 1714 | 100.0 |