Table 3

Incidence of injury and illness by sport type among paediatric Team USA athletes

Total number of injuries or illnessesNumber of athletes with injury or illnessTotal number
of athletes competing
Total number
of athlete
days
Injury or Illness
Incidence proportion
(per 100 athletes)
Injury or illness incidence rate
(per 1000 AD)
95% CI
Lower limitUpper limit
Injury
 Individual4034175283122.914.110.119.2
 Team432544216.09.12.523.2
 All4437200327322.013.49.818.1
Illness
 Individual171417528319.76.03.59.6
 Team11254424.02.30.112.6
 All181520032739.05.53.38.7
  • Individual sports: alpine skiing/para alpine skiing, archery/para archery, athletics/para athletics, para biathlon, boxing, canoe-kayak, cross-country skiing, cycling, diving, fencing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, gymnastics, judo/para judo, luge, Nordic combined, shooting, skateboarding, ski jumping, snowboard/para snowboard, speedskating, sport climbing, surfing, swimming/para swimming, table tennis/para table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair tennis, wrestling.

  • Team sports: baseball, football, rowing, rugby, water polo, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, sled hockey.