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. 2014 Oct 25;473(1):380–389. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-4017-8

Table 5.

Incidence of nontraumatic problems by body part

Body part  Age groups n (%) (95% CI)  p value No injury n (%) (95% CI)   p value
0–14 years 15–65 years > 65 years Male Female
Finger 1 (2%) (0%–5.9%) 10 (5.9%) (3.2%–8.6%) 2 (5.4%) (0%–13%) 0.5038 7 (5.9%) (2.7%–9.1%) 6 (4.4%) (1.3%–7.5%) 0.4912
Thumb/hand 0 8 (4.7%) (1.3%–8.2%) 0 2 (1.7%) (0%–5.0%) 6 (4.4%) (1.0%–7.7%) 0.3569
Lower arm 4 (8%) (0.1%–15.9%) 10 (5.9%) (2.2%–9.7%) 1 (2.7%) (0–8%.2%) 0.5774 7 (5.9%) (1.3%–10.5%) 8 (5.8%) (1.8%–9.9%) 0.9884
Upper arm 2 (4%) (0%–9.7%) 14 (8.3%) (5.3%–11.3%) 2 (5.4%) (0%–11.1%) 0.4647 7 (5.9%) (1.8%–9.9%) 11 (8.0%) (4.4%–11.7%) 0.5048
Foot 14 (28%) (17.0%–39.0%) 32 (18.9%) (12.8%–25.0%) 5 (13.5%) (4.2%–22.9%) 0.158 25 (21.0%) (14.6%–27.4%) 26 (19.0%) (13.0%–25.0%) 0.6258
Lower leg 14 (28%) (15.8%–40.2%) 25 (14.8%) (9.3%–20.3%) 9 (24.3%) (12.3%–36.4%) 0.047 28 (23.5%) (15.6%–31.4%) 20 (14.6%) (9.7%–19.5%) 0.0304
Upper leg 6 (12%) (4.1%–19.9%) 24 (14.2%) (8.1%–20.3%) 7 (18.9%) (6.0%–31.8%) 0.6566 12 (10.1%) (5.0%–15.2%) 25 (18.2%) (11.3%–25.2%) 0.0583
Back 9 (18%) (6.8%–29.2%) 59 (34.9%) (28.4%–41.5%) 18 (48.6%) (30.8%–66.5%) 0.0115 45 (37.8%) (28.4%–47.2%) 41 (29.9%) (23.4%–36.5%) 0.1512