Table 2

Primary diagnoses* for children injured due to apartment falls, Dallas County, Texas, 1997–99

DiagnosisNo%
*Table includes only the first diagnosis listed in the medical record.
†Total is more than 100% due to rounding.
Head injury (skull fracture, intracranial hemorrhage)3040
Fracture of leg or arm1216
Face, eye, mouth injury57
Soft tissue injury (abrasion, contusion, laceration)1115
Trunk, back injury23
Liver, spleen injury23
Unknown1317
Total75101†