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. 2011 Dec 31;18(5):315–320. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040159

Table 2.

Emergency department attendances for intentional and unintentional injury by patient demographics, incident location, hospital admittance and deprivation, 2004/2005 to 2009/2010

Injury type Intentional Unintentional 2004–2010
Year 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 Intentional Unintentional χ2 p Value between injury types
Total attendances 4188 4206 4005 3518 3068 2698 37 276 37 390 37 776 39 628 36 047 32 996 21 683 221 113 399 <0.001
 % of ED attendances 4.9 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.0 43.8 41.1 40.6 42.3 38.3 36.8 4.0 40.5
 % Men 63.3 60.6 61.4 60.8 62.3 64.6 56.1 55.4 55.6 54.7 54.8 53.7 62.0 55.1
Age group (%)
 0–4 years 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 7.6 7.2 8.1 8.8 9.3 6.2 0.1 8.3 9731 <0.001
 5–17 years 16.9 16.5 18.1 15.3 14.5 13.3 24.8 25.5 24.4 24.7 24.4 22.2 16.0 24.4
 18–34 years 37.8 40.2 40.4 42.9 44.0 44.4 19.7 19.6 19.9 19.7 18.9 18.8 41.3 19.5
 35–64 years 43.7 41.8 39.9 40.5 40.0 40.8 33.8 33.8 33.4 32.0 31.9 33.1 41.2 33.0
 65+ years 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 14.2 13.9 14.2 14.8 15.5 16.6 1.4 14.8
Location (%)
 Home 14.3 13.6 14.8 20.4 14 11.6 27.7 27.8 26.4 29 25.7 24.3 14.8 26.9 7688 <0.001
 Other 29.8 31.7 24.2 22.1 27.7 24.1 37.9 37.3 34.6 36.4 38.9 37.5 26.8 37.1
 Public place 55.9 54.8 61 57.6 58.3 64.3 34.4 34.9 39 34.6 35.4 38.2 58.3 36
Admitted to hospital (%) 32.5 33.9 33.5 34.3 30.1 27.2 10.5 10.0 10.5 10.9 11.0 11.8 32.2 10.7 8250 <0.001
Live in most deprived area (%) 57.0 58.0 60.3 59.4 59.8 59.3 38.1 38.6 38.1 38.9 38.2 37.8 58.8 38.3 3669 <0.001
Alcohol consumed (%)
 Yes 51.7 50.7 46.3 41.2 42.8 48.4 6.0 5.4 4.2 4.1 4.3 5.5 47.2 4.9 52 502 <0.001
 No 35.5 36.3 42.5 47.3 40.3 38.7 91.8 92.5 94.7 94.9 87.5 92.5 39.9 92.4
 Unknown 12.8 13.0 11.2 11.5 17.0 12.9 2.1 2.1 1.1 1.0 8.2 2.0 12.9 2.7