Table 4 Trends in location (where injury happened) where the injury occurred at presentation to Yorkhill ED by age. (Frequencies are an annual average of injury type in each age group over a 3 year period 1997–1999).
Location/Age Category | 1 (0–11 months) | 2 (12–35 months) | 3 (36–59 months) | 4 (60–83 months) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Home | 1686 | 85.0% | 5745 | 80.1% | 2897 | 62.7% | 1811 | 45.1% |
Footpath | 74 | 3.7% | 349 | 4.9% | 546 | 11.8% | 713 | 17.8% |
Educational facility | 12 | 0.6% | 13 | 0.2% | 25 | 0.5% | 153 | 3.8% |
Playground | 26 | 1.3% | 191 | 2.7% | 245 | 5.3% | 651 | 16.2% |
Road/parking area | 36 | 1.8% | 112 | 1.6% | 178 | 3.9% | 200 | 5.0% |
Sports facility | 7 | 0.4% | 27 | 0.4% | 52 | 1.1% | 68 | 1.7% |
Other | 99 | 5.0% | 596 | 8.3% | 545 | 11.8% | 281 | 7.0% |
Missing | 43 | 2.2% | 141 | 2.0% | 132 | 2.9% | 139 | 3.5% |
Total | 1983 | 100% | 7174 | 100% | 4620 | 100% | 4016 | 100% |