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Table 4 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

%

Falls

293

13.3

95

9.7

223

15.5

168

9.3

395

12.1

Motor vehicle accidents

53

2.4

39

4.0

74

5.1

24

1.3

99

3.0

Something falling on the person

61

2.8

22

2.3

59

4.1

28

1.6

87

2.7

Attacks

14

0.6

8

0.8

13

0.9

9

0.5

22

0.7

Fire

7

0.3

1

0.1

6

0.4

3

0.2

9

0.3

Breathed a noxious material

8

0.4

3

0.3

4

0.3

9

0.5

14

0.4

Something else

119

5.4

66

6.8

91

6.3

97

5.4

190

5.8