Table 2. Characteristics of childhood injuries: GCUIS data from four cities in Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt and Pakistan, 2007.

Characteristics	RTI				Fall				Burn				Poisoning				Drowning				Total
	No.		%		No.		%		No.		%		No.		%		No.		%		No.		%
Most severe injury
Fracture	65		21		195		25		0		0		1		2		1		6		262		19
Sprain	33		11		93		12		0		0		1		2		1		6		128		9
Cut/bite/open wound	78		25		200		25		0		0		1		2		7		39		286		21
Bruise/superficial	42		14		152		19		2		1		0		0		3		17		199		15
Burn	2		1		4		1		191		96		6		13		1		6		204		15
Concussion	80		26		134		17		1		1		0		0		3		17		218		16
Organ system injury	3		1		1		0		1		1		27		57		4		22		36		3
Other/refused/unknown/no answer	5		2		11		1		4		2		11		23		0		0		31		2
Outcome of injury
Left before treatment completed	3		1		4		0		1		0		2		3		0		0		10		1
Referred to another centre	9		3		14		2		2		1		1		2		3		15		29		2
Treated and discharged home	173		55		717		79		41		20		52		79		11		55		994		66
Admitted to ward/burn unit/ICU	100		32		136		15		164		79		10		15		4		20		414		27
Admitted for emergency surgery	20		6		15		2		0		0		1		2		0		0		36		2
Died in ED	2		1		2		0		0		0		0		0		2		10		6		0
Other	7		2		20		2		0		0		0		0		0		0		27		2
Projected effect of injurya (n = 1552)
No significant disability	119		38		483		53		108		51		53		80		13		65		776		51
Short-term temporary disability (< 6 weeks)	135		43		354		39		51		24		8		12		4		20		552		36
Long-term temporary disability (≥ 6 weeks)	52		17		70		8		35		17		5		8		1		5		163		11
Permanent disability	8		3		5		1		16		8		0		0		2		10		31		2
Total	350				913				210				66				20				1 559

GCUIS, global childhood unintentional injury surveillance; ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; RTI, road traffic injury.
^a As assessed by the treating physician.