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. 2016 Jan 19;16:6. doi: 10.1186/s12873-016-0070-9

Table 3.

Blunt trauma, injury mechanism by age groups and by gender, n and (%)

Gender Injury mechanism category
Age groups Traffic-related Low-energy falls High-energy falls Other
Male 15–39 60 (53.1) 3 (7.1) 21 (31.8) 14 (45.2)
40–64 36 (31.9) 11 (26.2) 27 (40.9) 16 (51.6)
= > 65 17 (15.0) 28 (66.7) 18 (27.3) 1 (3.2)
Female 15–39 17 (44.7) 2 (7.4) 12 (44.4) 4 (66.7)
40–64 12 (31.6) 4 (14.8) 8 (29.6) 2 (33.3)
= > 65 9 (23.7) 21 (77.8) 7 (25.9) 0 (0.0)