Table 2 Population-based patterns among 5876 cases of paediatric injury: natures of injury by developmental groups
From: Stages of development and injury patterns in the early years: a population-based analysis
0–11 months | 12–35 months | 36–59 months | 60–83 months | Total | Trend* | % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nature of Injury | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | admitted | |
Open wound | 55 | 13.0 | 673 | 32.8 | 671 | 39.0 | 589 | 37.4 | 1988 | 34.5 | ↑ | 0.4 |
Superficial | 84 | 19.8 | 269 | 13.1 | 233 | 13.5 | 229 | 14.6 | 815 | 14.1 | 0.2 | |
Fractures | 26 | 6.1 | 152 | 7.4 | 205 | 11.9 | 265 | 16.8 | 648 | 11.2 | ↑ | 14.7 |
Head injury | 98 | 23.1 | 235 | 11.5 | 134 | 7.8 | 99 | 6.3 | 566 | 9.8 | ↓ | 2.8 |
Soft tissue injuries/sprain/strain | 21 | 5.0 | 109 | 5.3 | 107 | 6.2 | 170 | 10.8 | 407 | 7.1 | ↑ | 1.0 |
Elbow pull/dislocation | 14 | 3.3 | 186 | 9.1 | 84 | 4.9 | 5 | 0.3 | 289 | 5.0 | ↓ | 0 |
Foreign body ear, nose, respiratory, alimentary tract | 13 | 3.1 | 81 | 3.9 | 78 | 4.5 | 40 | 2.5 | 212 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
Burns | 24 | 5.7 | 71 | 3.5 | 31 | 1.8 | 15 | 1.0 | 141 | 2.4 | ↓ | 5.0 |
Bite | 6 | 1.4 | 37 | 1.8 | 46 | 2.7 | 49 | 3.1 | 138 | 2.4 | ↑ | 1.4 |
Poisoning or toxic effect | 12 | 2.8 | 92 | 4.5 | 32 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.5 | 144 | 2.5 | ↓ | 12.5 |
Eye injury/foreign body eye | 1 | 0.2 | 30 | 1.5 | 34 | 2.0 | 48 | 3.1 | 113 | 2.0 | ↑ | 1.8 |
No injury detected | 62 | 14.6 | 81 | 3.9 | 37 | 2.1 | 25 | 1.6 | 205 | 3.6 | ↓ | 0 |
Other | 8 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.7 | 31 | 2.0 | 104 | 1.8 | 5.4 | |
Total** | 424 | 100 | 2052 | 100 | 1721 | 100 | 1573 | 100 | 5770 | 100 | ||