Table 1:

Mechanism of trauma by age group among children with blunt torso trauma admitted to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman (N = 70)

Mechanism of trauma	Age in years				Total
	<1	1–3	4–5	6–12
Pedestrian hit by car in MCV	2	6	9	18	35
Fall	2	5	7	5	19
Passenger in MVC	2	2	1	7	12
Fall of a heavy object	0	2	1	1	4
Total	6	15	18	31	70

MVC = motor vehicle collision.