Table 1.
Hospitalization rates by injury type and gender in preschool and school-aged children; Veneto Region, 2007-2009
| |
Rate per 100,000 population |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Males |
|
Females |
|
| Injury (ICD-9CM subchapters) | 1-5 yrs | 6-13 yrs | 1-5 yrs | 6-13 yrs |
| Intracranial injury (850–854) |
108.2 |
85.1 |
83.2 |
40.0 |
| Fracture of upper limb (810–819) |
112.9 |
249.9 |
87.4 |
122.3 |
| Fracture of lower limb (820–829) |
61.2 |
84.6 |
30.1 |
46.8 |
| Contusion with skin intact (920–924) |
23.6 |
19.7 |
15.3 |
8.3 |
| Fracture of skull (800–804) |
25.9 |
38.5 |
16.2 |
14.3 |
| Toxic effects of substances (980–989) |
31.2 |
6.9 |
16.8 |
6.0 |
| Complications and unspecified injuries (958–959) |
24.8 |
31.5 |
25.1 |
13.9 |
| Poisonings (960–979) |
32.0 |
2.6 |
18.3 |
2.9 |
| Burns (940–949) |
34.8 |
6.6 |
26.9 |
4.4 |
| Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870–879) |
56.2 |
16.4 |
34.8 |
10.4 |
| Effects of foreign body entering orifice (930–939) |
50.6 |
12.6 |
40.4 |
7.9 |
| Internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis (860–869) |
9.2 |
20.6 |
4.7 |
7.9 |
| Open wound of upper limb (880–887) |
20.6 |
12.9 |
10.0 |
4.4 |
| Sprains and strains (840–848) |
4.5 |
12.2 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
| Fracture of neck and trunk (805–809) |
0.3 |
9.8 |
1.2 |
7.2 |
| Dislocation (830–839) |
1.7 |
5.8 |
2.4 |
6.8 |
| Open wound of lower limb (890–897) |
4.7 |
6.2 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
| Other unspecified (990–994) |
5.8 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
| Superficial injury (910–919) |
5.3 |
4.7 |
5.6 |
2.3 |
| Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950–957) |
2.8 |
5.1 |
2.7 |
1.5 |
| Injury to blood vessels (900–904) |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
| Crushing injury (925–929) |
3.1 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
| Total | 619.2 | 636.6 | 431.8 | 319.4 |