Table 3 Types of injury.
From: Socio-economic status and types of childhood injury in Alberta: a population based study
Type of Injury | ICD 9 code | Frequency | Percentage of total injuries | Rate/1000 Alberta Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dislocations, sprains and strains | 830–848 | 56754 | 24.76% | 75.68 |
Superficial injury and contusions | 910–924 | 54798 | 23.91% | 73.01 |
Open wounds | 870–897 | 43617 | 19.03% | 58.16 |
Fractures | 800–829 | 23302 | 10.17% | 31.07 |
Intracranial injury | 850–854 | 7033 | 3.07% | 9.38 |
Burns | 940–949 | 5838 | 2.55% | 7.78 |
Foreign body | 930–939 | 5568 | 2.43% | 7.42 |
Poisoning | 960–989 | 5110 | 2.23% | 6.81 |
Crushing injury | 925–929 | 3399 | 1.48% | 4.53 |
Internal injury of chest, abdomen and pelvis | 860–869 | 382 | 0.17% | 0.51 |
Injury to nerves and spinal cord | 950–957 | 248 | 0.11% | 0.33 |
Injury to blood vessels | 900–904 | 151 | 0.07% | 0.20 |
Others | 905–909 958–959 990–999 | 23024 | 10.04% | 30.70 |