Table 5 Trends in context (what child was doing at time of injury) surrounding the injury 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).
Context/Age Category | 1 (0–11 months) | 2 (12–35 months) | 3 (36–59 months) | 4 (60–83 months) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Walking/running/crawling | 199 | 10.0% | 1342 | 18.7% | 832 | 18.0% | 705 | 17.6% |
Playing | 731 | 36.9% | 4602 | 64.1% | 3027 | 65.5% | 2654 | 66.1% |
Riding bicycle/scooter | 6 | 0.3% | 34 | 0.5% | 123 | 2.7% | 197 | 4.9% |
Sitting | 430 | 21.7% | 379 | 5.3% | 156 | 3.4% | 101 | 2.5% |
Household activity/personal hygiene | 76 | 3.8% | 192 | 2.7% | 111 | 2.4% | 80 | 2.0% |
Standing | 48 | 2.4% | 254 | 3.5% | 146 | 3.2% | 90 | 2.2% |
Passenger in vehicle | 25 | 1.3% | 44 | 0.6% | 49 | 1.1% | 38 | 0.9% |
Playing sports | 3 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.1% | 23 | 0.5% | 47 | 1.2% |
Other | 329 | 16.6% | 176 | 2.5% | 70 | 1.5% | 40 | 1.0% |
Missing/invalid | 136 | 6.9% | 139 | 1.9% | 83 | 1.8% | 63 | 1.6% |
Total | 1983 | 100% | 7174 | 100% | 4620 | 100% | 4016 | 100% |