The injury mechanisms and injury pyramids among children and adolescents in Zhuhai City, China

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Injury pyramids ratios of children and adolescents in Zhuhai City, China

		Incidence of outpatient/emergency department injury visits (per 100,000 population)	Incidence of inpatient injuries (per 100,000 population)	Injury mortality (per 100,000 population)	Injury pyramid ratios
Total		11,210.87	627.09	10.70	1:59:1048
Region	Urban	13,688.03	633.32	8.46	1:75:1618
Region	Rural	8050.49	619.14	13.57	1:46:593
Gender	Male	13,638.37	790.77	12.22	1:65:1116
Gender	Female	8259.64	428.08	8.86	1:48:932
Age group, years old	0 ~ 2	16,820.13	867.94	22.34	1:39:753
	3 ~ 5	19,051.17	899.61	16.43	1:55:1160
	6 ~ 11	11,257.02	622.70	8.06	1:77:1397
	12 ~ 14	7286.77	485.35	6.95	1:70:1048
	15 ~ 17	6055.17	430.51	6.02	1:72:1006
Injury mechanisms	Falls	5832.28	234.12	1.49	1:157:3914
	Road traffic injuries	981.31	111.77	2.17	1:52:452
	Self-harm/suicide	16.46	2.03	0.81	1:3:20
	Drowning	1.89	2.51	3.52	1:0.7:0.5^a

^aThe injury pyramid for drowning was in the shape of an inverted triangle, with each injury death that occurred was accompanied by 0.7 injury hospitalization and 0.5 outpatient/emergency injury visit

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