Table 1. Proportions of injury mechanisms.
Injury mechanism | (n = 11676) | ||
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Blunt trauma (%) | 8814 (75.5) | Vehicular impact when the patient is inside vehicle (%) | 622 (5.3) |
Pedestrian injury (%) | 468 (4.0) | ||
Injury to motorcyclist (%) | 158 (1.4) | ||
Injury to cyclist (%) | 313 (2.7) | ||
Assaults (intentional injury) (%) | 1265 (10.8) | ||
Fall down injury (%) | 699 (6.02) | ||
Blast injury (%) | 1(0) | ||
Slip down injury (%) | 4595(39.4) | ||
Injury by blunt object (%) | 693 (5.9) | ||
Penetrating injury (%) | 12 (0.1) | Knife (%) | 10 (0.1) |
Gun (%) | 1 (0) | ||
Foreign object (%) | 1 (0) | ||
Simple laceration (%) | 620 (5.3) | ||
Burn (%) | 376 (3.2) | ||
Hanging (%) | 9 (0.1) | ||
Drug Intoxication (%) | 160 (1.4) | ||
Animal bite (%) | 176 (1.5) | ||
Foreign body in airway track or alimentary track (%) | 981 (8.4) | ||
Crushing injury by machines (%) | 237 (2.0) | ||
Dislocation (jaw or shoulder dislocation, pulled elbow) (%) | 291 (2.5) |
Note: Data in parentheses are the proportion of patient numbers