Introduction:
Recreational winter sports activities are widely performed in Europe, ranking among the top five causes of sports accidents. The European Injury DataBase Full Data Set (EU-IDB-FDS) is a source of information covering many details on the external causes of injury treated in Emergency Departments (ED). The FDS includes more than 477.000 ED sports injury attendances recorded in 18 European countries between 2008 and 2020.

Objectives:
Analyse gender differences in winter sports accidents.

Methods:
Ski and snowboard accidents were selected from the EU-IDB-FDS databank and analysed according to the following variables: AgeOfPatients, TypeOfInjury, BodyPartInjured. Object/product, TreatmentAndFollowUp, NumberOfDaysInHospital. Results. 18.652 ED attendances due to Ski/Snowboard accidents have been selected (M 60.6%, F 39.4%). Males were slightly younger (avg. M 28.5, F 29.9 years; p

B2C Innovation - Milan - Italy - ItalyGianni Fondi, Carlo Mamo, Marco Giustini, FDS Reference Group