Table 1.
Mechanism of injury by age group
| Mechanism | Total | <1 year 61 (12,7%) |
1–4 86 (17,9%) |
5–9 39 (8,1%) |
10–14 72 (15,0%) |
15–17 222 (46,3%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road traffic related | 193 | 7 (11,5%) | 22 (25,5%) | 27 (69,2%) | 36 (50,0%) | 101 (45,5%) |
| Passenger | 119 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 73 |
| Pedestrian | 51 | – | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
| Off-road | 9 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Bicycle | 8 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Motorcycle | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Asphyxia | 109 | 30 (49,2%) | 35 (40,8%) | 7 (17,9%) | 11 (15,1%) | 26 (11,5%) |
| Drowning | 59 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Suffocation | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Hanging/strangulation | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| Firearms | 77 | 1 (1,6%) | 4 (4,6%) | – | 11 (15,1%) | 61 (27,4%) |
| Assault | 43 | 16 (26,2%) | 17 (19,8%) | 3 (7,7%) | 3 (4,5%) | 4 (1,8%) |
| Poisoning | 24 | 4 (6,6%) | 1 (1,2%) | – | 4 (5,5%) | 15 (6,8%) |
| Fall | 10 | – | 3 (3,5%) | 1 (2,6%) | 2 (2,8%) | 4 (1,8%) |
| Stabb | 8 | – | – | – | 2 (2,8%) | 6 (2,7%) |
| Burn related | 8 | 1 (1,6%) | 2 (2,3%) | 1 (2,6%) | 1 (1,4%) | 3 (1,4%) |
| Others | 8 | 2 (3,3%) | 2 (2,3%) | – | 2 (2,8%) | 2 (0,9%) |