Table 2 Distribution of accident types within sex and age groups
Girls | Boys | Age (yrs) | Infants (< 2 yrs) | Pre-school children (2 to < 6 yrs) | School children (6 to < 11 yrs) | Adolescents (11 to 17 yrs) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of accident | N (%) | N (%) | Mean | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N |
School/kindergarten | 84 (8) | 148 (9) | 9.9 | 4 (2) | 25 (3) | 103 (9) | 100 (13) | 232 (8) |
Playground | 152 (14) | 168 (10) | 6.6 | 20 (11) | 128 (18) | 136 (12) | 36 (5) | 320 (11) |
Leisure activities1 | 227 (20) | 468 (28) | 10.3 | 4 (2) | 79 (11) | 291 (26) | 321 (40) | 695 (25) |
Fall | 312 (28) | 449 (27) | 7.7 | 38 (22) | 220 (30) | 353 (32) | 150 (19) | 761 (27) |
Traffic | 121 (11) | 191 (11) | 9.3 | 4 (2) | 71 (10) | 118 (11) | 119 (15) | 312 (11) |
At home | 174 (16) | 206 (12) | 4.9 | 92 (52) | 179 (25) | 71 (6) | 38 (5) | 380 (14) |
Other2 | 45 (4) | 62 (4) | 8.0 | 14 (8) | 20 (3) | 41 (4) | 32 (4) | 107 (4) |
Total | 1115 (100) | 1692 (100) | 8.2 | 176 (100) | 722 (100) | 1113 (100) | 796 (100) | 2807 (100) |