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Table 2 Accident and injury characteristics of all pedestrians aged 16-64 with a road traffic injury (including falls) in 2010, by sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) status at accident date (T0)

From: Sickness absence and disability pension among injured working-aged pedestrians - a population-based Swedish register study

 

All

No new SA

New SA

Ongoing SA

Ongoing full-time DP

 

n

%a

n

%b

n

%b

n

%b

n

%b

Total

5576

100

3424

61.4

1130

20.3

420

7.5

602

10.8

Type of accident

 Collision with pedestrian/bicyclist

245

4.4

165

67.3

33

13.5

23

9.4

24

9.8

 Collision with motor vehicle

676

12.1

426

63.0

123

18.2

52

7.7

75

11.1

 Unspecified

452

8.1

327

72.3

50

11.1

29

6.4

46

10.2

 Fall - snow/ice

2022

36.3

1104

54.6

562

27.8

160

7.9

196

9.7

 Fall - slipping, tripping, and stumbling

1563

28.0

968

61.9

272

17.4

109

7.0

214

13.7

 Fall - other

618

11.1

434

70.2

90

14.6

47

7.6

47

7.6

Healthcare

 Only specialized outpatient care

4552

81.6

3046

66.9

728

16.0

351

7.7

427

9.4

 Inpatient care <3 day

386

6.9

195

50.5

112

29.0

28

7.3

51

13.2

 Inpatient care ≥3 days

638

11.4

183

28.7

290

45.5

41

6.4

124

19.4

Type of injury

 Fracture

2505

44.9

1083

43.2

892

35.6

253

10.1

277

11.1

 Dislocation

182

3.3

120

65.9

33

18.1

14

7.7

15

8.2

 Sprains and strains

849

15.2

645

76.0

76

9.0

68

8.0

60

7.1

 Internal

316

5.7

216

68.4

34

10.8

20

6.3

46

14.6

 External

1644

29.5

1294

78.7

89

5.4

63

3.8

198

12.0

 Other and unspecified

80

1.4

66

82.5

<8

7.5

<8

2.5

<8

7.5

Body region

 Head, face, and neck

893

16.0

671

75.1

50

5.6

35

3.9

137

15.3

 Vertebral column and spinal cord

74

1.3

40

54.1

17

23.0

11

14.9

6

8.1

 Torso

285

5.1

193

67.7

37

13.0

18

6.3

37

13.0

 Shoulder and upper arm

535

9.6

282

52.7

118

22.1

75

14.0

60

11.2

 Forearm and elbow

402

7.2

211

52.5

121

30.1

30

7.5

40

10.0

 Wrist, hand, and other

1175

21.1

709

60.3

282

24.0

81

6.9

103

8.8

 Hip, upper leg, and thigh

187

3.4

104

55.6

39

20.9

16

8.6

28

15.0

 Knee

536

9.6

345

64.4

72

13.4

51

9.5

68

12.7

 Lower leg, ankle, foot, and other

1448

26.0

834

57.6

390

26.9

102

7.0

122

8.4

 Other and unspecified

41

0.7

35

85.4

<8

9.8

<8

2.4

<8

2.4

  1. a Column percent
  2. b Row percent