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. 2011 Jul 31;11:608. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-608

Table 2.

Place of occurrence of accident

Place of occurrence All accidents
N (%)
Accidents resulted in significant injury§ N (%)

Age groups Common causes of accidents

All ages Age ≤ 15 Transport accidents Falls Inanimate mechanical force Contact with heat and hot substances
Home 1059 (61.7) 140 (22.4) 23 (24.5) 0 (0.0) 55 (25.7) 32 (35.6) 46 (76.7)
Street and highway 365 (21.3) 296 (47.3) 33 (35.1) 202 (99.5) 58 (27.1) 6 (6.7) 7 (11.7)
Sports and athletics area 86 (5.0) 65 (10.4) 23 (24.5) 0 (0.0) 52 (24.3) 5 (5.6) 0 (0.0)
Trade and service area 65 (3.8) 49 (7.8) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 33 (36.7) 2 (3.3)
School, other institution and public administrative area 20 (1.2) 9 (1.4) 6 (6.4) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Industrial and construction area 18 (1.0) 15 (2.4) 0 (0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.6) 4 (6.7)
Farm 1 (0.1) 1(0.2) 0 (0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0)
Other specified places 4 (0.2) 4 (0.6) 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.4) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7)
Unspecific places 99 (5.7) 47 (7.5) 6 (6.4) 1 (0.5) 38 (17.8) 7 (7.8) 0 (0.0)

Total ‡ 1717 (100.0) 626 (100.0) 94 (100.0) 203 (100.0) 214 (100.0) 90 (100.0) 60 (100.0)

‡ Accident are appeared only once in this table even if it was resulted in more than one injury

§ Significant injury: Injuries that needed any medical care