Table 3.
Distribution of Weighted National Estimate for Cell Phone-Related Injury Cases by NEISS-Coded Primary Diagnosis
| Primary Diagnosis | Overall Case Estimate N (%) |
Lower Arm | Wrist | Hand | Finger |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n (%) | 50,487 (100.0) | 6,785 (13.4) | 10,800 (21.4) | 15,511 (30.7) | 17,391 (34.4) |
| Laceration | 11,235 (22.3) | 1,114 (2.2) | 741 (1.5) | 4,012 (7.9) | 5,369 (10.6) |
| Fracture | 7,610 (15.1) | 2,002 (4.0) | 2,379 (4,7) | 1,972 (3.9) | 1,257 (2.5) |
| Contusion | 7,587 (15.0) | 1,377 (2.7) | 1,276 (2.5) | 3,378 (6.7) | 1,555 (3.1) |
| Strain or sprain | 5,664 (11.2) | 254 (0.5) | 2,541 (5.0) | 635 (1.3) | 2,235 (4.4) |
| Nerve damage | 2,064 (4.1) | 363 (0.7) | 1,014 (2.0) | 458 (0.9) | 229 (0.5) |
| Foreign body | 1,982 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 262 (0.5) | 1,720 (3.4) |
| Thermal burns | 1,272 (2.5) | 239 (0.5) | 135 (0.3) | 565 (1.1) | 333 (0.7) |
| Avulsion | 1,056 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 675 (1.3) | 381 (0.8) |
| Electrical burns | 840 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 284 (0.6) | 556 (1.1) |
| Puncture | 826 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 372 (0.7) | 453 (0.9) |
| Dislocation | 676 (1.3) | 55 (0.1) | 67 (0.1) | 84 (0.2) | 471 (0.9) |
| Hematoma | 170 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 71 (0.1) | 17 (0.0) | 82 (0.2) |
| Scald burns | 104 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 104 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Electric shock | 80 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 80 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Frostbite | 78 (0.2) | 32 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 47 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Crushing | 78 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 62 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (0.0) |
| Dermatitis | 67 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 67 (0.1) |
| Amputation | 15 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (0.0) |
| Other/not stated | 9,085 (18.0) | 1,349 (2.7) | 2,514 (5.0) | 2,567 (5.1) | 2,654 (5.3) |