Table 1 Demographics of the participants in the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in Benin, Ghana and Liberia, and the proportion of students who reported at least one serious injury in the previous 12 months

Total number of GSHS participants

2536

3632

2744

Total number coded for injury status

2288

3227

2375

% of participants with a known injury status

90.2

88.8

86.6

% of participants with serious injury

27.3

46.1

49.2

GSHS participant % by Sex and Age

Gender

%

%

%

Male

54.3

53.8

52.4

Female

45.7

46.2

47.6

Age (years)

 ≤ 11 years

0.3

1.1

2.4

12 years

1.2

4.7

2.0

13 years

5.0

7.7

3.8

14 years

8.9

10.9

6.6

15 years

13.2

13.8

8.0

16 years

18.0

12.2

11.3

17 years

16.2

16.9

15.7

18 or more years

37.2

32.7

50.2

% Reporting Serious Injury by Sex and Age

Gender

***

Male

61.0

53.6

54.3

Female

39.0

46.4

45.7

Age (years)

*

*

 ≤ 11 years

0.3

0.8

2.8

12 years

1.4

4.8

1.6

13 years

6.1

7.4

4.0

14 years

8.0

12.4

6.1

15 years

13.3

14.0

8.0

16 years

18.9

12.7

11.1

17 years

18.1

17.2

16.3

18 or more years

33.8

30.7

50.2