TABLE 1. Sports and Recreational Eye Injuries, Calendar Year
1998 NEISS Estimates by Age Group and Percentage of Total
| All Age Groups | Under 5 Years Old | 5–14 Years Old | 15–24 Years Old | 25–64 Years Old | 65 Years & Over | |||||||
| Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | Estimate | Percent | |
| Ball Sports | 1,270 | 3.2% | 115 | 0.3% | 581 | 1.5% | 375 | 1.0% | 160 | 0.4% | 39 | 0.1% |
| Baseball | 4,029 | 10.3% | 182 | 0.5% | 2,195 | 5.6% | 823 | 2.1% | 829 | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Basketball | 8,723 | 22.2% | 148 | 0.4% | 2,338 | 5.9% | 3,856 | 9.8% | 2,381 | 6.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Combatives | 448 | 1.1% | - | 0.0% | 56 | 0.1% | 82 | 0.2% | 310 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Football | 1,464 | 3.7% | - | 0.0% | 533 | 1.4% | 583 | 1.5% | 348 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Golf | 828 | 2.1% | 7 | 0.0% | 142 | 0.4% | 75 | 0.2% | 604 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hockey | 1,614 | 4.1% | - | 0.0% | 515 | 1.3% | 628 | 1.6% | 471 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other Sports | 12,236 | 31.1% | 596 | 1.5% | 4,273 | 10.9% | 2,932 | 7.5% | 4,190 | 10.7% | 245 | 0.6% |
| Racquet Sports | 2,767 | 7.0% | - | 0.0% | 1,000 | 2.5% | 926 | 2.4% | 822 | 2.1% | 19 | 0.0% |
| Soccer | 1,325 | 3.4% | - | 0.0% | 741 | 1.9% | 378 | 1.0% | 206 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total Selected Sports | 27,061 | 68.9% | 585 | 1.5% | 9,883 | 25.1% | 8,425 | 21.4% | 7,948 | 20.2% | 220 | 0.6% |
| Totals | 39,297 | 100.0% | 1,181 | 3.0% | 14,156 | 36.0% | 11,357 | 28.9% | 12,138 | 30.9% | 465 | 1.2% |
| Water and Pool Sports | 4,593 | 11.7% | 133 | 0.3% | 1,782 | 4.5% | 699 | 1.8% | 1,817 | 4.6% | 162 | 0.4% |