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. 2013 Dec 26;8(12):e84870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084870

Table 6. The total cumulative effective dose (mSv) according to the injury mechanism in age-specific subgroups.

Mechanism (%) Age: 0-4 (2487) 5-9 (1044) 10-14 (513) 15-19 (612) 20-59 (5629) 60-74 (989) 75+ (402)
Vehicular impact whenthe patient is inside vehicle (%) 31.9 (1.4) 107.7 (11.1) 12.5 (2.1) 234.3 (10.0) 2617.8 (16.2) 807.1 (14.5) 114.7 (4.8)
Pedestrian injury (%) 59.4 (2.6) 116.0 (11.9) 32.6 (5.6) 522.5 (22.2) 3185.8 (19.8) 833.5 (15.0) 356.8 (15.0)
Injury to motorcyclist (%) 6.3 (0.3) 0.1 (0.0) 2.5 (0.4) 519.4 (22.1) 1551.9 (9.6) 15.1 (0.3) 46.2 (1.9)
Injury to cyclist (%) 28.5 (1.3) 77.8 (8.0) 133.8 (23.0) 35.7 (1.5) 380.7 (2.4) 214.2 (3.8) 25.9 (1.1)
Assaults (intentional injury) (%) 31.6 (1.4) 71.7 (7.4) 138.8 (23.8) 306.1 (13.0) 1371.9 (8.5) 293.1 (5.3) 31.5 (1.3)
Fall down injury (%) 724.8 (32.3) 138.9 (14.3) 51.7 (8.9) 428.1 (18.2) 2696.8 (16.7) 684.7 (12.3) 224.4 (9.5)
Slip down injury (%) 1215.3 (54.2) 395.3 (40.6) 179.7 (30.8) 249.2 (10.6) 3324.0 (20.6) 2511.8 (45.1) 1439.3 (60.7)
Others (%) 146.4 (6.5) 66.7 (6.8) 30.9 (5.3) 57.7 (2.5) 1019.6 (6.3) 206.2 (3.7) 132.7 (5.6)

Note: Data are the total cumulative effective dose. Data in parentheses are the propotion of cED according to total cED in specific age group. Injury mechanisms other than the top seven mechanisms with the highest total cEDs were grouped together as ‘Others’ and sum values were provided.