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Chapter 7, Table 7 - For The Safety of Canadian Children And Youth

For the Safety of Canadian Children and Youth

Chapter 7

Fall-related Injuries

Table 7

Fall-Related Injuries by Age, Body Part and Nature of Injury, 0-19-Year-Old Children and Youth, CHIRPP,1 1993

Body part

Nature of injury

Age group (years)

 

 

< 1

0-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

Total

 

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

 

2,301

100.0

12,975

100.0

7,013

100.0

5,418

100.0

1,439

100.0

29,146

100.0

Head and neck2

Cut, laceration

11.3

37.8

20.0

5.1

5.1

6,909

23.7

 

Abrasion, bruise, inflammation

34.0

15.6

8.6

4.4

3.6

3,701

12.7

 

Sprain

0.1

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.6

117

0.4

 

Fracture, dislocation

8.0

1.1

0.9

0.9

1.0

452

1.6

 

Minor head injury, concussion

23.0

8.9

6.6

3.8

3.1

2,403

8.2

 

Dental injury

1.6

2.3

1.4

0.3

0.3

457

1.6

 

Other3

0.5

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.1

174

0.6

 

Subtotal

1,806

78.5

8,678

66.9

2,709

38.6

821

15.1

199

13.8

14,213

48.8

Upper limbs

Cut, laceration

0.2

1.2

2.1

1.9

4.6

479

1.6

 

Abrasion, bruise, inflammation

0.8

2.1

5.5

10.6

9.9

1,392

4.8

 

Sprain

0.1

0.8

3.0

6.2

5.4

727

2.5

 

Fracture, dislocation

3.9

14.6

23.3

23.3

11.7

5,049

17.3

 

Other3

-

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

92

0.3

 

Subtotal

114

5.0

2,468

19.0

2,406

34.3

2,292

42.3

459

31.9

7,739

26.5

Lower limbs

Cut, laceration

0.0

0.7

3.8

3.8

3.1

601

2.1

 

Abrasion, bruise, inflammation

0.6

2.8

6.4

10.9

14.2

1,625

5.6

 

Sprain

0.1

1.6

5.1

12.7

20.1

1,553

5.3

 

Fracture, dislocation

3.6

3.3

3.6

7.8

8.4

1,302

4.5

 

Other3

-

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.3

74

0.2

 

Subtotal

100

4.3

1,107

8.5

1,360

19.4

1,924

35.5

664

46.1

5,155

17.7

Trunk

Cut, laceration

0.0

0.6

1.0

0.2

0.3

159

0.6

 

Abrasion, bruise, inflammation

0.2

0.9

3.3

3.9

4.2

615

2.1

 

Sprain

-

0.1

0.4

0.9

1.7

118

0.4

 

Fracture, dislocation

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.7

42

0.1

 

Other3

-

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

27

0.1

 

Subtotal

6

0.3

212

1.6

352

5.0

291

5.4

100

7.0

961

3.3

Systemic or special injury4

Cut, laceration

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

17

0.0

 

Other5

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

22

0.1

 

Subtotal

4

0.1

16

0.1

11

0.2

7

0.2

1

0.1

39

0.1

No injury detected

 

271

11.8

494

3.8

175

2.5

83

1.5

16

1.1

1,039

3.6


0.0 : Percentage < 0.05.
- : No cases.
  1. Cases reported by 15 Canadian hospitals, of which 10 are pediatric, participating in CHIRPP.
  2. Includes face, cervical spine, pharynx, larynx.
  3. Includes puncture, foreign body, dental injury.
  4. No specified body part.
  5. Includes over-exertion.

Source: CHIRPP, unpublished data 1993.