Table 1.
Frequencies of the most common injury mechanisms, by gender and age
| Mechanism of injury by age and gender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency N (%) | Frequency by gender | Age, median | Age by gender | |||
| Male, N (%) | Female, N (%) | Male, median | Female, median | |||
| Mechanism | ||||||
| Passenger in cara | 290 (19.7%) | 187 (16.9%) | 101 (28.5%) | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| Pedestriana | 162 (11.0%) | 117 (10.6%) | 43 (12.1%) | 23 | 25 | 13 |
| Bicyclista | 104 (7.1%) | 97 (8.8%) | 6 (1.7%) | 30 | 30 | 34.5 |
| Drivera | 46 (3.1%) | 43 (3.9%) | 2 (0.6%) | 31.5 | 31 | 37.5 |
| Passenger on bicyclea | 28 (1.9%) | 17 (1.5%) | 10 (2.8%) | 27.5 | 31 | 27.5 |
| Motorcycle drivera | 10 (0.7%) | 10 (0.9%) | 0 (0%) | 32 | 32 | na |
| Assault | 354 (24.0%) | 309 (27.9%) | 44 (12.4%) | 27 | 27 | 24.5 |
| Fall | 199 (13.5%) | 125 (11.3%) | 72 (20.3%) | 12 | 16 | 10 |
| Burn | 74 (5.0%) | 49 (4.4%) | 25 (7.0%) | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Bite | 45 (3.1%) | 32 (2.9%) | 12 (3.4%) | 23 | 20 | 26 |
| Foreign body | 30 (2.0%) | 16 (1.5%) | 14 (3.9%) | 6.5 | 8 | 6 |
| Collapsed structure | 24 (1.6%) | 17 (1.5%) | 6 (1.7%) | 26.5 | 27 | 13.5 |
| Other | 64 (4.3%) | 52 (4.7%) | 12 (3.4%) | 23 | 25 | 15 |
| Missing data | 44 (3.0%) | 35 (3.2%) | 8 (2.3%) | 27 | 27.5 | 23 |
| Road traffic injuriesa | 640 (43.4%) | 471 (42.6%) | 162 (45.6%) | 28 | 29 | 27 |
| Combined total | 1,474 (100%) | 1,106 (100%) | 355 (100%) | 26 | 27 | 22 |
a
All injuries were road traffic associated