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Table 2 Crash and injury characteristics, by sickness-absence (SA) and disability-pension (DP) status at bicycle crash date1

From: Bicycle crashes and sickness absence - a population-based Swedish register study of all individuals of working ages

 

All

Ongoing SA/DP

New SA

No new SA

N

column%

n

row%

n

row%

n

row%

Total

7643

100

748

9.8

1367

17.9

5528

72.3

Crash type

 Single

6484

84.8

641

9.9

1146

17.7

4697

72.4

 Collision with pedestrian, animal, or other bicycle

431

5.6

35

8.1

82

19.0

314

72.9

 Collision with motor vehicle

728

9.5

72

9.9

139

19.1

517

71.0

Healthcare

 Only specialized out-patient healthcare

6345

83.0

578

9.1

879

13.9

4888

77.0

 In-patient healthcare ≤1 day

643

8.4

70

10.9

153

23.8

420

65.3

 In-patient healthcare > 1 day

655

8.6

100

15.3

335

51.1

220

33.6

Type of injury

 Fracture

2805

36.7

340

12.1

930

33.2

1535

54.7

 Dislocation

326

4.3

17

5.2

79

24.2

230

70.6

 Sprains and strains

679

8.9

70

10.3

80

11.8

529

77.9

 Internal

733

9.6

82

11.2

103

14.1

548

74.8

 External

2942

38.5

230

7.8

161

5.5

2551

86.7

 Other and unspecified

158

2.1

9

5.7

14

8.9

135

85.4

Body region

 Traumatic Brain Injury, not concussion

117

1.5

24

20.5

42

35.9

51

43.6

 Concussion

563

7.4

51

9.1

46

8.2

466

82.8

 Other head, face and neck

1433

18.7

98

6.8

93

6.5

1242

86.7

 Vertebral column and spinal cord

156

2.0

12

7.7

58

37.2

86

55.1

 Torso

546

7.1

64

11.7

89

16.3

393

72.0

 Upper extremities

3264

42.7

308

9.4

733

22.5

2223

68.1

 Lower extremities

1452

19.0

182

12.5

304

20.9

966

66.5

 Other and unspecified

112

1.5

9

8.0

2

1.8

101

90.2

  1. 1Among all individuals in Sweden of working ages who in 2010 had a new bicycle crash leading to in- or specialized out-patient healthcare