Table 7

The incidence proportion (IP) and incidence rate (IR) of illness in different sports by age groups

Sport	13–25 years				26–34 years				35–67 years
Sport	n	N	IP	IR	n	N	IP	IR	n	N	IP	IR
Archery	9	0	0.0	0.0	30	6	20.0	14.3	89	14	15.7	11.2
Athletics	365	80	21.9	15.7	357	67	18.8	13.4	255	63	24.7	17.6
Boccia	25	6	24.0	17.1	39	8	20.5	14.7	34	2	5.9	4.2
Cycling—road	27	2	7.4	5.3	48	13	27.1	19.3	107	21	19.6	14.0
Cycling—track	14	1	7.1	5.1	30	8	26.7	19.0	48	7	14.6	10.4
Equestrian	16	3	18.8	13.4	14	2	14.3	10.2	39	15	38.5	27.5
Football 5-a-side	26	2	7.7	5.5	33	5	15.2	10.8	11	1	9.1	6.5
Football 7-a-side	48	2	4.2	3.0	45	1	2.2	1.6	3	0	0.0	0.0
Goalball	42	6	14.3	10.2	49	5	10.2	7.3	19	2	10.5	7.5
Judo	39	9	23.1	16.5	50	1	2.0	1.4	26	5	19.2	13.7
Powerlifting	25	3	12.0	8.6	67	16	23.9	17.1	71	17	23.9	17.1
Rowing	20	2	10.0	7.1	36	6	16.7	11.9	35	10	28.6	20.4
Sailing	4	0	0.0	0.0	13	3	23.1	16.5	53	10	18.9	13.5
Shooting	5	0	0.0	0.0	6	0	0.0	0.0	22	2	9.1	6.5
Swimming	313	51	16.3	11.6	123	28	22.8	16.3	63	12	19.0	13.6
Table tennis	45	5	11.1	7.9	76	15	19.7	14.1	105	28	26.7	19.0
Sitting volleyball	34	8	23.5	16.8	58	8	13.8	9.9	62	6	9.7	6.9
Wheelchair basketball	44	10	22.7	16.2	95	17	17.9	12.8	63	13	20.6	14.7
Wheelchair fencing	18	4	22.2	15.9	35	7	20.0	14.3	42	5	11.9	8.5
Wheelchair rugby	9	2	22.2	15.9	39	8	20.5	14.7	31	2	6.5	4.6
Wheelchair tennis	29	4	13.8	9.9	36	8	22.2	15.9	41	8	19.5	13.9
Total (all sports)	1142	198	17.3	12.4	1249	223	19.0	12.8	1174	236	20.1	14.4

IP: incidence proportion (%).
IR: incidence rate (illness per 1000 athlete-days) (95% CI not reported).
n, number of athletes participating in a sport; N, number of illnesses reported.