Table 2.

Characteristics of reported injuries among injured adolescents (n= 1,131).

	Weighted %
Injury intent
Unintentional	88.8%
Occurred during fight or attack	3.7%
Did to self on purpose	0.7%
Other or unknown	6.9%
Condition resulting from injury
Broken or dislocated bones	30.3%
Sprain, strain or pulled muscle	29.3%
Cuts, scrapes or puncture wounds	17.7%
Head injury, concussion	3.4%
Bruise, contusion, or internal bleeding	2.2%
Burn, scald	0.3%
Poisoning from chemicals, medicines or drugs	2.1%
Respiratory problems such as breathing, cough, pneumonia	1.0%
Other or unknown	13.69%
No. of injuries requiring medical attention within the last 12 months
1	76.6%
2	15.0%
3	4.79%
4	1.70%
≥5	0.6%
Timeframe of most recent injury
Within the past month	19.3%
Earlier than the past month	80.6%

Note. Reporting injury intent on most recent injury; reporting on the primary condition resulting from most recent injury. Weighted percent and unweighted n are presented.