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Table 3 Description of the serious injuries that has happened to the study participants

From: Serious non-fatal unintentional injuries among in-school adolescents in Sri Lanka: results from the 2016 Sri Lankan global school-based health survey

Type of injury

Age group

Sex

Total (N = 3262)

13–15 years (N = 2196)

16–17 years (N = 977)

Male (N = 1437)

Female (N = 1805)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Cut or stab wound

134

6.1

41

4.2

113

7.9

65

3.6

181

5.5

Broken bone/ dislocated joint

121

5.5

49

5.0

116

8.1

57

3.2

173

5.3

Concussion/ Head injury

34

1.5

6

0.6

22

1.5

16

0.9

40

1.2

Burns

19

0.9

1

0.1

7

0.5

13

0.7

22

0.7

Poisoned

5

0.2

4

0.4

6

0.4

6

0.3

12

0.4

Something else

229

10.4

139

14.2

205

14.3

176

9.8

381

11.7