Table 2 Trends in breakdown factors (what went wrong) resulting in the injury at presentation to Yorkhill ED by age category. (Frequencies are an annual average of injury types in each age group over a 3 year period 1997–1999).
Breakdown/Age Category | 1 (0–11 months) | 2 (12–35 months) | 3 (36–59 months) | 4 (60–83 months) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Dropped/fell | 1080 | 54.5% | 2805 | 39.1% | 1781 | 38.5% | 1579 | 39.3% |
Person/thing in dangerous position | 373 | 18.8% | 1759 | 24.5% | 1006 | 21.8% | 661 | 16.5% |
Strained/over exerted | 236 | 11.9% | 1031 | 14.4% | 760 | 16.5% | 714 | 17.8% |
Tripped/slipped | 89 | 4.5% | 900 | 12.5% | 583 | 12.6% | 534 | 13.3% |
Caught in/snagged by object | 20 | 1.0% | 208 | 2.9% | 150 | 3.2% | 100 | 2.5% |
Knocked over/spilt something | 61 | 3.1% | 153 | 2.1% | 36 | 0.8% | 25 | 0.6% |
Horseplay | 31 | 1.6% | 77 | 1.1% | 103 | 2.2% | 132 | 3.3% |
Fight | 18 | 0.9% | 59 | 0.8% | 67 | 1.5% | 91 | 2.3% |
Collision with/hit by or against object | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.0% | 6 | 0.1% | 12 | 0.3% |
Other | 69 | 3.5% | 176 | 2.5% | 126 | 2.7% | 167 | 4.2% |
Missing | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
Total | 1983 | 100% | 7174 | 100% | 4620 | 100% | 4016 | 100% |