Quantity of documentation of maltreatment risk factors in injury-related paediatric hospitalisations

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Age Groups and Sex Distribution of Children by Code Group

Sex and age groups	Unintentional injury code		Any maltreatment code		Total
	n	Col%	n	Col%	n	Col%
Males
<1	9	2.9	49	31.4	58	12.6
1-5	69	22.5	46	29.5	115	24.9
6-9	57	18.6	17	10.9	74	16.0
10-14	94	30.7	34	21.8	128	27.7
15-17	77	25.2	10	6.4	87	18.8
Total	306	100.0	156	100.0	462	100.0
Females
<1	9	5.8	39	14.1	48	11.1
1-5	51	32.7	71	25.6	122	28.2
6-9	39	25.0	28	10.1	67	15.5
10-14	29	18.6	82	29.6	111	25.6
15-17	28	17.9	57	20.6	85	19.6
Total	156	100.0	277	100.0	433	100.0
Total
<1	18	3.9	88	20.3	106	11.8
1-5	120	26.0	117	27.0	237	26.5
6-9	96	20.8	45	10.4	141	15.8
10-14	123	26.6	116	26.8	239	26.7
15-17	105	22.7	67	15.5	172	19.2
Total	462	100.0	433	100.0	895	100.0

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