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Table 1 Trends in injury presentations to Yorkhill ED by age category (rates per 1000 population, calculated as an annual average over a 5 year period 1997–2001). CHIRPP data from west Glasgow postcode sectors only.

From: Stages of development and injury: An epidemiological survey of young children presenting to an emergency department

 

Injury nos. and rates (per 1000 Child Years)

Age Category (months)

Total no. of Cases*

Total rate

No. of cases: boys

Rates: boys

No. of cases: girls

Rates: girls

0–11

592

93 (95%CI 63–138)

327

105 (95%CI 66 -166)

256

79 (95%CI 48 – 129)

12–35

2277

184 (95%CI 138–244)

1257

192 (95%CI 138–267)

975

167 (95%CI 118 – 237)

36–59

1717

142 (95%CI 105–192)

1018

163 (95%CI 115–231)

668

114 (95%CI 78 – 168)

60–83

1602

132 (95%CI 97–180)

922

146 (95%CI 102–208)

648

111 (95%CI 75 – 164)

Total

6188

144 (95%CI 115–180)

3524

159 (95%CI 123–205)

2547

123 (95%CI 93 – 162)

  1. *These include some cases for which sex of child was unrecorded