Table 1.
Duration, average disability weights and frequencies for each injury and each period of five years (Rhône)
| Number of injuries Period 1997-2001 | Number of injuries Period 2002-2006 | |||||||||
| Duration* (years) | Average disability weight* | Males | Females | Males | Females | |||||
| Fractures | ||||||||||
| Skull short term | 0.107 | 0.431 | 184 | 0.6% | 65 | 0.4% | 137 | 0.5% | 40 | 0.3% |
| Skull long term | life long | 0.361 | 34 | 0.1% | 12 | 0.1% | 30 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.0% |
| Face bones | 0.118 | 0.223 | 781 | 2.5% | 315 | 1.9% | 532 | 1.9% | 194 | 1.4% |
| Vertebral column | 0.14 | 0.266 | 465 | 1.5% | 223 | 1.4% | 377 | 1.4% | 190 | 1.4% |
| Rib or sternum | 0.115 | 0.199 | 915 | 2.9% | 655 | 4.1% | 875 | 3.1% | 552 | 4.0% |
| Pelvis | 0.126 | 0.247 | 366 | 1.2% | 244 | 1.5% | 293 | 1.1% | 194 | 1.4% |
| Clavicle, scapula or humerus | 0.112 | 0.153 | 1462 | 4.7% | 497 | 3.1% | 1141 | 4.1% | 359 | 2.6% |
| Radius or ulna | 0.112 | 0.180 | 1598 | 5.2% | 682 | 4.2% | 1241 | 4.5% | 546 | 3.9% |
| Hand bones | 0.07 | 0.100 | 1149 | 3.7% | 287 | 1.8% | 874 | 3.1% | 208 | 1.5% |
| Femur short term | 0.146 | 0.372 | 306 | 1.0% | 79 | 0.5% | 268 | 1.0% | 83 | 0.6% |
| Femur long term | life long | 0.272 | 220 | 0.7% | 62 | 0.4% | 196 | 0.7% | 36 | 0.3% |
| Patella, tibia or fibula | 0.096 | 0.271 | 1117 | 3.6% | 371 | 2.3% | 860 | 3.1% | 307 | 2.2% |
| Ankle | 0.099 | 0.196 | 468 | 1.5% | 187 | 1.2% | 457 | 1.6% | 160 | 1.1% |
| Foot bones | 0.073 | 0.077 | 532 | 1.7% | 185 | 1.1% | 472 | 1.7% | 145 | 1.0% |
| Injured spinal cord | life long | 0.725 | 128 | 0.4% | 78 | 0.5% | 89 | 0.3% | 63 | 0.5% |
| Dislocations | ||||||||||
| Shoulder, elbow or hip | 0.034 | 0.074 | 436 | 1.4% | 98 | 0.6% | 432 | 1.6% | 119 | 0.9% |
| other dislocation | 0.019 | 0.074 | 4658 | 15.0% | 5659 | 35.0% | 5096 | 18.3% | 5534 | 39.7% |
| Sprains | 0.038 | 0.064 | 2187 | 7.0% | 899 | 5.6% | 2164 | 7.8% | 787 | 5.6% |
| Intracranial injuries | ||||||||||
| Short-term | 0.067 | 0.359 | 244 | 0.8% | 84 | 0.5% | 203 | 0.7% | 63 | 0.5% |
| Long-term | life long | 0.361 | 264 | 0.9% | 84 | 0.5% | 258 | 0.9% | 70 | 0.5% |
| Internal injuries | 0.038 | 0.208 | 891 | 2.9% | 287 | 1.8% | 839 | 3.0% | 267 | 1.9% |
| Open wound | 0.025 | 0.108 | 12457 | 40.1% | 5060 | 31.3% | 10803 | 38.8% | 3964 | 28.4% |
| Injury to eyes | ||||||||||
| Short-term | 0.019 | 0.108 | 83 | 0.3% | 39 | 0.2% | 81 | 0.3% | 37 | 0.3% |
| Long-term | life long | 0.311 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
| Amputations | ||||||||||
| Thumb, finger | life long | 0.134 | 13 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
| arm | life long | 0.267 | 6 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Toe5 | life long | 0.102 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.0% |
| Foot, leg | life long | 0.300 | 14 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.0% | 13 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
| Crushing | 0.094 | 0.218 | 16 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.0% | 32 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.1% |
| Burns | ||||||||||
| less than 20% (short term) | life long | 0.158 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Greater than 20%6 (long term) | life long | 0.255 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
| Injured nerves | ||||||||||
| Long-term | life long | 0.069 | 21 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.0% |
| Poisoning | 0.008 | 0.611 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total | 31028 | 100.0% | 16168 | 100.0% | 27815 | 100.0% | 13950 | 100.0% | ||
* Begg et al. 2002