Table 6 Long bone fracture distribution within age groups and sex
Infants (<2 yrs) | Pre-school children (2 to < 6 yrs) | School children (6 to < 11 yrs) | Adolescents (11 to 17 yrs) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | ||
Bone | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Humerus | 14 (16) | 11 (13) | 97 (31) | 130 (32) | 112 (23) | 131 (21) | 35 (15) | 72 (13) | 602 (21) |
Radius/ulna | 39 (43) | 35 (40) | 172 (55) | 192 (46) | 310 (64) | 425 (67) | 142 (60) | 375 (65) | 1690 (59) |
Femur | 7 (8) | 16 (18) | 10 (3) | 30 (7) | 17 (3) | 18 (3) | 4 (2) | 33 (6) | 135 (5) |
Tibia/fibula | 30 (33) | 25 (29) | 36 (11) | 60 (15) | 49 (10) | 63 (10) | 54 (23) | 96 (17) | 413 (15) |
Total | 90 (100) | 87 (100) | 315 (100) | 412 (100) | 488 (100) | 637 (100) | 235 (100) | 576 (100) | 2840 (100) |