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Table 3 Demographic and injury mechanism distribution of individuals suffered injury (N/1 000)*

From: Epidemiological analysis of injury in Shandong Province, China

Factors

Age group

 

0-

5-

15-

45-

60+

Total

Sex

      

   Male

39(69.3)

140(109.1)

497(80.9)

216(81.0)

107(64.6)

999(81.1)

   Female

20(40.7)

94(78.1)

237(39.2)

171(63.2)

134(79.9)

656(54.1)

      

X2 = 70.6, P < 0.01

Area

      

   Urban

11(28.5)

45(53.2)

206(40.5)

92(45.0)

66(46.5)

420(42.9)

   Rural

48(71.9)

189(115.2)

528(74.4)

295(88.6)

175(91.4)

1235(84.3)

      

X2 = 158.9, P < 0.01

Mechanism

      

   Traffic accident

3(2.8)

24(9.7)

182(14.9)

72(13.4)

30(9.0)

311(12.7)

   Fall

19(18.0)

46(18.5)

82(6.7)

78(14.5)

92(27.6)

317(13.0)

   Collision

4(3.8)

47(18.9)

93(7.6)

50(9.3)

17(5.1)

211(8.6)

   Strain

4(3.8)

27(10.9)

131(10.7)

45(8.4)

44(13.2)

251(10.3)

   Cut

2(1.9)

21(8.4)

83(6.8)

30(5.6)

8(2.4)

144(5.9)

   Squeeze

1(0.9)

13(5.2)

41(3.4)

25(4.7)

7(2.1)

87(3.6)

   Burn

10(9.5)

7(2.8)

38(3.1)

23(4.3)

11(3.3)

89(3.6)

   Poisoning

1(0.9)

2(0.8)

14(1.1)

19(3.5)

14(4.2)

50(2.0)

   Animal bite

14(13.3)

44(17.7)

54(4.4)

37(6.9)

16(4.8)

165(6.8)

Total

59(56.0)

234(94.1)

734(60.2)

387(72.0)

241(72.3)

1,655(67.7)

  1. * Differences between different sexes, areas were examined using Chi-square test.