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Table 1 Sociodemographic and injury characteristics, by sex, among the study populationa

From: Sequence analysis of sickness absence and disability pension in the year before and the three years following a bicycle crash; a nationwide longitudinal cohort study of 6353 injured individuals

 

All

Women

Men

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total (row%)

6353 (100)

2729 (43.0)

3624 (57.0)

Age groupb

 18–40 years

3122 (49.1)

1298 (47.6)

1824 (50.3)

 41–59 years

3231 (50.9)

1431 (52.4)

1800 (49.7)

Level of educationb

 Elementary

1078 (17.0)

391 (14.3)

687 (19.0)

 High School

2908 (45.8)

1200 (44.0)

1708 (47.1)

 University/College

2367 (37.3)

1138 (41.7)

1229 (33.9)

Country of birthb

 Sweden

5382 (84.7)

2290 (83.9)

3092 (85.3)

 Not Sweden

971 (15.3)

439 (16.1)

532 (14.7)

Type of living areab

 Big cities

2229 (35.1)

965 (35.4)

1264 (34.9)

 Medium-sized cities

2638 (41.5)

1152 (42.2)

1486 (41.0)

 Small cities/villages

1486 (23.4)

612 (22.4)

874 (24.1)

Marital statusb

 Married

2052 (32.3)

951 (34.8)

1101 (30.4)

 Not married

4301 (67.7)

1778 (65.2)

2523 (69.6)

Crash typec

 Single

5378 (84.7)

2235 (81.9)

3143 (86.7)

 Collision with pedestrian, animal, or other bicycle

366 (5.8)

188 (6.9)

178 (4.9)

 Collision with motor vehicle

609 (9.6)

306 (11.2)

303 (8.4)

Inpatient healthcarec

 No

5304 (83.5)

2293 (84.0)

3011 (83.1)

 Yes

1049 (16.5)

436 (16.0)

613 (16.9)

Type of injuryc

 Fracture

2316 (36.5)

956 (35.0)

1360 (37.5)

 Dislocation

280 (4.4)

74 (2.7)

206 (5.7)

 Sprains and strains

566 (8.9)

266 (9.7)

300 (8.3)

 Internal

604 (9.5)

262 (9.6)

342 (9.4)

 External

2447 (38.5)

1108 (40.6)

1339 (36.9)

 Other and unspecified

140 (2.2)

63 (2.3)

77 (2.1)

Body regionc

 ‘Head, face, and neck, not TBI’d

1224 (19.3)

495 (18.1)

729 (20.1)

 ‘TBI, not concussion’

79 (1.2)

28 (1.0)

51 (1.4)

 ‘Concussion’

484 (7.6)

222 (8.1)

262 (7.2)

‘All head and neck’e

1787 (28.1)

745 (27.2)

1042 (28.7)

 ‘Spine and back’

131 (2.1)

57 (2.1)

74 (2.0)

 ‘Torso’

458 (7.2)

192 (7.0)

266 (7.3)

 ‘Upper extremities’

2729 (43.0)

1052 (38.5)

1677 (46.3)

 ‘Lower extremities’

1158 (18.2)

647 (23.7)

511 (14.1)

 ‘Other and unspecified’

90 (1.4)

36 (1.3)

54 (1.5)

  1. a6353 individuals aged 18–59 years injured in a bicycle crash in 2010 in Sweden
  2. b31st of December 2009
  3. cAt the presumed crash date
  4. dAbbreviation: TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
  5. eSum of the categories: ‘Head, face, and neck, not TBI’, ‘TBI, not concussion’, and ‘Concussion’