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. 2017 Mar;32(2):98–105. doi: 10.5001/omj.2017.19

Table 2. Injuries experienced during the past 12 months among students who reported having a serious injury.

Injuries Total, % Boys, % Girls, %
Most serious injury type (among those with a serious injury)
Broken bone or dislocated joint 23.6 30.5 12.6
Cut or stab wound 23.7 24.0 22.4
Concussion or other head or neck injury, was knocked out, or could not breathe 9.1 7.7 10.4
Gunshot wound 1.3 1.2 1.6
Bad burn 1.9 1.0 3.4
Poisoned or took too much of a drug 1.1 0.0 2.9
Other / type not specified 39.3 35.6 46.8
Cause of the most serious injury (among those with a serious injury)
I fell 26.2 28.2 23.6
Something fell on me or hit me 13.1 12.4 14.3
I was in a motor vehicle accident or hit by a motor vehicle 10.3 13.1 5.9
I was attacked or abused or was fighting with someone 9.6 8.2 11.8
I inhaled or swallowed something bad for me 2.6 2.1 3.0
I was in a fire or too near a flame or something hot 2.1 1.6 2.9
Other / cause not specified 36.2 34.4 38.4