American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 2

Skateboard Injuries in Children <18 Years of Age Presenting to the ED During Calendar Years 2015 and 2016

Characteristic	Sample Count, n	National Estimate, N	95% CI	Percentage of Total, %
Total injuries	3212	121 398	88 788–154 008	100
Year
2015	1606	64 562	43 050–86 074	53
2016	1523	56 836	32 329–81 344	47
Sex
Male	2492	98 752	71 176–126 328	76
Female	720	30 371	24 790–35 952	24
Locale of injury
Home	332	13 230	10 341–16 119	10
School	16	629	^a	<1
Street and/or highway	598	40 097	^a	31
Other public property	222	7712	^a	6
Park	394	15 592	^a	12
Unknown	1650	51 863	32 823–70 903	40
Body part
Wrist	410	19 484	13 002–25 966	15
Head	110	15 880	11 575–20 185	12
Forearm	438	12 907	9621–16 193	10
Ankle	318	14 745	10 189–19 301	11
Other^b	1936	66 112	^a	52
Diagnosis
Fracture	1114	40 877	30 689–51 065	32
Contusion	532	23 081	17 951–28 211	18
Sprain and/or strain	602	28 355	21 163–35 547	22
Other^c	964	36 789	^a	29
Disposition
Treat and release	2982	123 358	92 177–154 539	96
Admit	190	3930	2602–5258	3
Left before complete evaluation or AMA	18	936	^a	1
Observation	4	21	^a	<1

Characteristic	Sample Count, n	National Estimate, N	95% CI	Percentage of Total, %
Total injuries	3212	121 398	88 788–154 008	100
Year
2015	1606	64 562	43 050–86 074	53
2016	1523	56 836	32 329–81 344	47
Sex
Male	2492	98 752	71 176–126 328	76
Female	720	30 371	24 790–35 952	24
Locale of injury
Home	332	13 230	10 341–16 119	10
School	16	629	^a	<1
Street and/or highway	598	40 097	^a	31
Other public property	222	7712	^a	6
Park	394	15 592	^a	12
Unknown	1650	51 863	32 823–70 903	40
Body part
Wrist	410	19 484	13 002–25 966	15
Head	110	15 880	11 575–20 185	12
Forearm	438	12 907	9621–16 193	10
Ankle	318	14 745	10 189–19 301	11
Other^b	1936	66 112	^a	52
Diagnosis
Fracture	1114	40 877	30 689–51 065	32
Contusion	532	23 081	17 951–28 211	18
Sprain and/or strain	602	28 355	21 163–35 547	22
Other^c	964	36 789	^a	29
Disposition
Treat and release	2982	123 358	92 177–154 539	96
Admit	190	3930	2602–5258	3
Left before complete evaluation or AMA	18	936	^a	1
Observation	4	21	^a	<1

AMA, against medical advice.

Estimates of <1200 or with a coefficient of variation >33% are unstable and unreliable to calculate a CI.

Injured body parts representing <5% of the total injuries were assigned to the category “other.”

Diagnoses representing <5% of the total injuries were assigned to the category “other.”