Population-based incidences of non-fatal injuries - results of the German-wide telephone survey 2004

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

	Number of study subjects	Employed subjects	Total number of accident-related injuries	Number of injuries by place of accident
				Road traffic accident	Home accident	Leisure accident	Accident at work*	Other places	Unknown places
Age
18-29	1415	997	269	61	51	80	50	7	20
30-39	1728	1375	232	53	51	58	59	1	10
40-49	1699	1419	191	24	66	34	59	0	8
50-59	1040	779	101	21	31	16	29	0	4
60-69	930	194	70	21	34	8	2	0	5
70-79	415	17	33	14	12	5	1	0	1
80+	110	2	13	8	4	0	0	0	1
Total	7337	4783	909	202	249	201	200	8	49
Educational level
Low	1951	1040	213	47	58	30	63	1	14
Middle	3647	2486	496	109	143	105	106	6	27
High	1552	1171	159	37	40	48	28	0	6
Unknown	187	86	41	9	8	18	3	1	2

Overall, 4 out of 7,341 were excluded due to missing data on injuries; all absolute numbers are unweighted. Employed: full-time or part-time; educational status based on the CASMIN educational classification [11].
909 accident-related injuries were reported among the 757 subjects.
*187 out of 200 reported work-related accidents occurred among employed subjects of any age.

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