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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2010 Feb 10;41(4):418–426. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.024

Table 2.

Prevalence and type of past-year injury (n=1128)

Received
medical
attention
for the
injury
Involved
alcohol
Received
medical
attention
for the
injury
Involved
alcohol
Unintentional
injury
n=475 n (%) n (%) Intentional
injury
n=293 n (%) n (%)
Sports-related 389 186 (47.8) 3 (<1.0) Physical
fight
186 49 (26.3) 16 (8.6)
Falling 388 151 (38.9) 17 (4.4) Physically
attacked
105 42 (40.0) 9 (8.6)
Bike &
skateboard
159 27 (17.0) 4 (2.5) Gun-
related
93 17 (18.3) 6 (6.5)
Cut 85 31 (36.5) 5 (5.9)
Riding in a car 70 37 (52.9) 3 (4.3)
Driving a car 69 35 (50.7) 2 (2.9)

Participants may indicate more then one injury, therefore, the number of injuries total more than the number of participants.

Percentages indicate row percentages (e.g., of those with sports-related injuries, 186 [47.8%] received medical attention for the injury).