Table 1

Cause, nature, body part, and location of injury by gender and child age

	Boys (%) (n=11 677)	Girls (%) (n=11 154)	Infants and toddlers (%) (n=7545)	Preschoolers (%) (n=3909)	School aged (%) (n=11 378)
p<0.05, *p<0.01, significance levels for χ² tests of trend.
†Sample size <30, estimates may be unreliable.
‡”Other” category includes concussion, poison, internal injury, dental injury, multiple injuries, and other not specified by parent.
Cause of injury
Motor vehicle	1†	2†	1†	3†	1†
Bicycle	6	4	2†	4†	6
Fall	50	53	63	61	43**
Sport	15	16	2†	2†	26
Scald/poisoning	8	7	11	7†**	6
“Other” not specified by parent	21	18	21	23	18
Nature of injury
Broken/fractured bones	22	27	13	19	30**
Burn/scald	5	4	8	3†	3**
Dislocation/sprain/strain	12	19	13	8†	19**
Cut/scrape/bruise	45	34	50	51	33**
“Other”‡	16	16	16	19	15
Body part injured
Facial	22	17*	31	28	12
Head or neck	18	12*	23	27	9
Upper extremities	34	40	29	28	42
Lower extremities	23	26	14	14	32
“Other” includes back, spine, trunk, and multiple sites	3	5	3†	3†	5
Location of injury
Own home	31	33	63	35	17**
Outside home	20	21	12	32	21
In or around private residence	10	8	10	11	8
School/day care	16	15	4†	8†	23
Sports facility	8	10	1†	2†	15
“Other” category not specified by parent	15	13	10	12	16