U.S. Boxing Injury Emergency Department Visits, 2000-2023

An estimated 362,869 boxing injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments from 2000 to 2023 were analyzed from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. The study by Jenna Tsuzaki, published on figshare in 2026, reports injury rates, demographics, diagnoses, and mechanisms. It finds a 46.6% increase in the injury rate over the period, with fractures being the most common diagnosis.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in boxing injury rates based on annual population-based rates from 2000 to 2023
• Compare injury risk across demographics based on reported frequencies for males (87.5%) and the 18-24 age group (34.7%)
• Assess severity of different injury types based on diagnosis frequencies (e.g., fractures at 24.6%) and hospital admission risk ratios
• Evaluate injury mechanisms and contexts based on reported proportions for 'struck opponent' (55.8%) and practice/training (86.6%)

Strengths

• Covers a 24-year time span (2000-2023) with an estimated 362,869 injury cases
• Provides specific, cited statistics on injury rates, demographics, diagnoses, and risk ratios
• Based on a national surveillance system (NEISS), suggesting a standardized data collection method

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The 133.3 KB file size suggests a summary or report, not the underlying raw data

Provenance

Source

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)

Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study analysis of NEISS data

Time Range

2000 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 04:44:47; freshness should be verified

Geography

United States