Distribution of the 110 066 children (0–14 years) with injuries recorded in EDISS* database for the five year period 1996–2000 by event and injury descriptive variables and permanent disability of the injured child
| Disabled | Non-disabled | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No | % | No | % | p Value |
| *Emergency Department Injury Surveillance System. | |||||
| †All 51 deaths, all among non-disabled children, are included in the “7+ days of hospitalisation” category. | |||||
| There were no deaths among disabled children. | |||||
| Mechanism of injury | 0.001 | ||||
| Road traffic | 11 | 4.4 | 3 906 | 3.6 | |
| Fall | 148 | 59.0 | 52 954 | 48.2 | |
| Mechanical contact | 59 | 23.5 | 28 056 | 25.5 | |
| Foreign body | 12 | 4.8 | 4 157 | 3.8 | |
| Overexertion and related | 21 | 8.3 | 20 742 | 18.9 | |
| Activity | 0.001 | ||||
| Road traffic | 11 | 4.4 | 3 906 | 3.6 | |
| Play and other | 168 | 66.9 | 78 018 | 71.0 | |
| Education | 55 | 21.9 | 13 212 | 12.0 | |
| Sports | 4 | 1.6 | 11 919 | 10.9 | |
| Vital needs | 13 | 5.2 | 2 760 | 2.5 | |
| Type of injury | 0.001 | ||||
| Concussion | 26 | 10.4 | 5 076 | 4.6 | |
| Contusion and minimal | 88 | 35.1 | 38 177 | 34.7 | |
| Open wound | 87 | 34.6 | 37 494 | 34.2 | |
| Fracture, amputation | 28 | 11.1 | 13 981 | 12.8 | |
| Sprain, distortion | 17 | 6.8 | 10 225 | 9.3 | |
| Burn, corrosion | 4 | 1.6 | 2 544 | 2.3 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | 0.4 | 2 318 | 2.1 | |
| Injured body part | 0.001 | ||||
| Brain | 26 | 10.4 | 5 239 | 4.8 | |
| Skull | 39 | 15.5 | 13 641 | 12.4 | |
| Face | 62 | 24.7 | 30 032 | 27.4 | |
| Upper limbs | 50 | 19.9 | 31 639 | 28.7 | |
| Lower limbs | 48 | 19.1 | 18 952 | 17.3 | |
| Trunk | 26 | 10.4 | 10 312 | 9.4 | |
| Number of injuries | 0.001 | ||||
| One | 205 | 81.7 | 95 189 | 86.7 | |
| Multiple | 46 | 18.3 | 14 626 | 13.3 | |
| Hospitalisation† | 0.002 | ||||
| Non-hospitalised | 220 | 87.6 | 100 706 | 91.7 | |
| 1 days | 9 | 3.6 | 4 641 | 4.2 | |
| 2–6 days | 17 | 6.8 | 3 577 | 3.3 | |
| 7+ days | 5 | 2.0 | 891 | 0.8 | |