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. 2015 Dec;32(12):911–915. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205265

Table 2.

Mechanism of injury

Year Total Injury mechanism n (%)
Road traffic collision Fall<2 m Fall >2 m Shooting/
stabbing
Other
1990 619 366 (59.1%) 29 (4.7%) 115 (18.6%) 1 (0.2%) 108 (17.4%)
1991 1306 775 (59.3%) 118 (9%) 211 (16.2%) 1 (0.1%) 201 (15.4%)
1992 1488 900 (60.5%) 114 (7.7%) 229 (15.4%) 245 (16.5%)
1993 1494 889 (59.5%) 150 (10%) 223 (14.9%) 3 (0.2%) 229 (15.3%)
1994 2939 1691 (57.5%) 323 (11%) 405 (13.8%) 6 (0.2%) 514 (17.5%)
1995 3650 2080 (57%) 385 (10.5%) 523 (14.3%) 20 (0.5%) 642 (17.6%)
1996 3468 2012 (58%) 379 (10.9%) 514 (14.8%) 46 (1.3%) 517 (14.9%)
1997 2949 1615 (54.8%) 339 (11.5%) 443 (15%) 58 (2%) 494 (16.8%)
1998 2753 1507 (54.7%) 306 (11.1%) 432 (15.7%) 75 (2.7%) 433 (15.7%)
1999 3040 1630 (53.6%) 373 (12.3%) 477 (15.7%) 94 (3.1%) 466 (15.3%)
2000 3215 1666 (51.8%) 387 (12%) 537 (16.7%) 100 (3.1%) 525 (16.3%)
2001 3055 1609 (52.7%) 330 (10.8%) 507 (16.6%) 132 (4.3%) 477 (15.6%)
2002 3221 1738 (54%) 370 (11.5%) 513 (15.9%) 114 (3.5%) 486 (15.1%)
2003 3565 1877 (52.7%) 435 (12.2%) 566 (15.9%) 133 (3.7%) 554 (15.5%)
2004 3358 1710 (50.9%) 435 (13%) 558 (16.6%) 122 (3.6%) 533 (15.9%)
2005 3233 1535 (47.5%) 487 (15.1%) 611 (18.9%) 117 (3.6%) 483 (14.9%)
2006 2976 1440 (48.4%) 461 (15.5%) 538 (18.1%) 102 (3.4%) 435 (14.6%)
2007 4117 1852 (45%) 751 (18.2%) 772 (18.8%) 105 (2.6%) 637 (15.5%)
2008 4691 1937 (41.3%) 1002 (21.4%) 942 (20.1%) 138 (2.9%) 672 (14.3%)
2009 6701 2580 (38.5%) 1646 (24.6%) 1321 (19.7%) 203 (3%) 951 (14.2%)
2010 9583 3144 (32.8%) 2811 (29.3%) 2007 (20.9%) 248 (2.6%) 1373 (14.3%)
2011 12 719 4115 (32.4%) 4194 (33%) 2299 (18.1%) 323 (2.5%) 1788 (14.1%)
2012 15 089 4747 (31.5%) 5458 (36.2%) 2715 (18%) 342 (2.3%) 1827 (12.1%)
2013 17 238 5093 (29.5%) 6737 (39.1%) 3106 (18%) 328 (1.9%) 1974 (11.5%)