Comparison of Canadian WHO-HBSC and Kingston CHIRPP injury records by external cause: mechanism of injury, by sex
| Population based survey (Canadian WHO-HBSC) | Regional injury surveillance program (Kingston CHIRPP) | Spearman's correlation between data sources:ρ (p value) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICECI codes | Mechanism of injury | Records (%) | Rank | Records (%) | Rank | |
| Males | (n=3673) | (n=1944) | ||||
| A1 | Contact with blunt object | 22.7 | 2 | 25.2 | 2 | 0.964 (<0.001) |
| A2 | Application of bodily force | 15.2 | 3 | 14.8 | 3 | |
| A3 | Crushing | 1.9 | 8 | 3.3 | 7 | |
| A4 | Falling, stumbling, jumping | 29.9 | 1 | 34.8 | 1 | |
| A8–A9 | Blunt force: unspecified contact | 3.4 | 7 | 1.3 | 8 | |
| C1–9 | Penetrating force | 7.9 | 5 | 11.3 | 4 | |
| G1–G3 | Thermal, radiant mechanism | 0.9 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | |
| J1–J9 | Threats to breathing | 0.2 | 11 | 0.2 | 11 | |
| N1–N9 | Poisoning by chemicals | 0.5 | 10 | 0.3 | 10 | |
| P1–P9 | Physical over-exertion | 6.9 | 6 | 4.1 | 5 | |
| U1–U9 | Other/unspecified | 10.4 | 4 | 3.7 | 6 | |
| Females | (n=1759) | (n=795) | ||||
| A1 | Contact with blunt object | 14.9 | 2 | 21.8 | 2 | 0.782 (0.004) |
| A2 | Application of bodily force | 10.1 | 5 | 10.1 | 3 | |
| A3 | Crushing | 2.3 | 9 | 4.0 | 6 | |
| A4 | Falling, stumbling, jumping | 36.6 | 1 | 42.9 | 1 | |
| A8–A9 | Blunt force: unspecified contact | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |
| C1–9 | Penetrating force | 7.5 | 6 | 8.3 | 4 | |
| G1–G3 | Thermal, radiant mechanism | 2.4 | 8 | 1.3 | 8 | |
| J1–J9 | Threats to breathing | 0.2 | 11 | 0.4 | 10 | |
| N1–N9 | Poisoning by chemicals | 0.7 | 10 | 0.5 | 9 | |
| P1–P9 | Physical over-exertion | 11.8 | 3 | 7.3 | 5 | |
| U1–U9 | Other/unspecified | 10.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 7 | |
| Spearman's correlation between sexes: ρ (p value) | 0.927 (<0.001) | 0.936 (<0.001) | ||||