Table 2 Type and cause of most serious injury in the past year, by sex and country, among GSHS participants who reported at least one serious injury within the previous 12Â months
| Â | Benin | Ghana | Liberia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) |
Injury type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Broken bone or dislocated joint | 29.1 | 35.5 | 20.4 | 26.0 | 12.3 | 19.8 |
 Concussion or other head or neck injury, was knocked out, or could not breathe | 7.9 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 10.3 | 9.2 |
 Cut or Stab wound | 12.0 | 7.4 | 27.0 | 35.5 | 23.0 | 32.3 |
 Bad burn | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 |
 Poisoned or took too much of a drug | 12.5 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 4.0 |
 Gunshot wound | 6.5 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
 Other/type not specified | 32.0 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 21.5 | 40 | 31.5 |
Cause of injury | ||||||
 I fell | 52.1 | 45.2 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 16.1 | 17.5 |
 Something fell on me or hit me | 4.6 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 23.7 | 17.3 |
 I was in a motor vehicle accident or hit by a motor vehicle | 11.1 | 23.1 | 9.6 | 19.4 | 13.0 | 23.1 |
 I was attacked or abused or was fighting with someone | 5.8 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 10.7 |
 I was in a fire or too near a flame or something hot | 5.4 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
 I inhaled or swallowed something bad for me | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 |
 Other/cause not specified | 20.6 | 22.1 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 24.1 | 25.7 |