Table 4.
Violent injury – diagnosis by intent
| Intent
|
Total n (column %) |
χ2 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault n (column %) |
Self-harm n (column %) |
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| Type of Injury | |||||
| No injury diagnosed | 2 (0.6) | 2 (4.7) | 4 (1.1) | 213.840 | < 0.001 |
| Soft tissue injuries | 273 (81.3) | 13 (30.2) | 286 (75.5) | ||
| Bone and joint injuries | 52 (15.5) | 1 (2.3) | 53 (14.0) | ||
| Brain injury | 2 (0.6) | 1 (2.3) | 3 (0.8) | ||
| Suffocation (asphyxia) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Poisoning | 0 (0.0) | 23 (53.5) | 23 (6.1) | ||
| Other specified type of injury | 7 (2.1) | 2 (4.7) | 9 (2.4) | ||
| Total | 336 (100.0) | 43 (100.0) | 379 (100.0) | ||
| Body regiona | |||||
| Missing | 3 (0.9) | 2 (4.7) | 5 (1.3) | ||
| Head | 221 (65.6) | 1 (2.3) | 222 (58.2) | 227.765 | < 0.001 |
| Neck, throat | 10 (3.0) | 3 (7.0) | 13 (3.4) | ||
| Trunk | 70 (20.8) | 3 (7.0) | 73 (19.2) | ||
| Upper extremities | 23 (6.8) | 9 (20.9) | 32 (8.4) | ||
| Lower extremities | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.3) | ||
| Multiple body parts | 5 (1.5) | 2 (4.7) | 7 (1.8) | ||
| Poisoningsb | 0 (0.0) | 23 (53.5) | 23 (6.1) | ||
| Total | 337 (100.0) | 43 (100.0) | 380 (100.0) | ||
| Positive for Alcohol Usec | 72 (21.4) | 7 (16.3) | 79 (20.8) | 32.261 | < 0.001 |
a
Body region was missing for five cases.
b
All body parts for poisonings where collapsed into one category due to miss-coding.
c
Alcohol was determined from the narrative form from data collection.