Table 2.
Nature of patients' first incident injury.
| Nature of injury | 2005-6 n = 15,244 |
2006-7 n = 15,109 |
2007-8 n = 14,589 |
Total N = 44,942 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractures | 9,109 (59.8) | 8,922 (59.1) | 8,474 (58.1) | 26,505 (59.0) |
| Open wounds | 1,767 (11.6) | 1,706 (11.3) | 1,601 (11.0) | 5,074 (11.3) |
| Superficial injuries | 930 (6.1) | 963 (6.4) | 926 (6.4) | 2,819 (6.3) |
| Dislocation, sprain & strain | 566 (3.7) | 540 (3.6) | 580 (4.0) | 1,686 (3.8) |
| Other* | 2,872 (18.8) | 2,978 (19.7) | 3,008 (20.6) | 8,858 (19.7) |
Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
* Miscellaneous injuries including injury to muscle and tendons, intracranial injury, traumatic amputation, injury to internal organs, injury to blood vessels, injury to nerves and spinal cord, and eye injury.