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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Feb;48(2):461–472. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3337-4

Table 2.

Reported injuries and reported serious injuries (i.e., requiring emergency department visit or hospitalization) by study group (ASD cases vs. general population [POP] controls and non-ASD developmental disorders/delays [DD] controls)

Reported injuries
Reported serious injuries
ASD
POP
DD
ASD
POP
DD
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Ever injured
 Yes 224 32.3 267 30.2 188 27.8 184 26.6 218 24.7 158 23.4
 No 469 67.7 616 69.8 488 72.2 509 73.4 665 75.3 518 76.6
 Total 693 883 676 693 883 676
Number of times injured
 1 182 81.3 217 81.3 152 80.9 157 85.3 182 83.5 138 87.3
 2 35 15.6 41 15.4 28 14.9 21 11.4 33 15.1 16 10.1
 3+ 7 3.1 9 3.4 8 4.3 6 3.3 3 1.4 4 2.5
 Total reported injuries 279 327 232 223 257 182
Nature of reported injuries
 Open wound 87 31.2 115 35.2 70 30.2 71 31.8 95 37.0 60 33.0
 Fracture 46 16.5 57 17.4 46 19.8 35 15.7 42 16.3 33 18.1
 Contusion or superficial 19 6.8 29 8.9 11 4.7 15 6.7 20 7.8 7 3.8
 Dislocation, sprain or strain 21 7.5 20 6.1 10 4.3 15 6.7 13 5.1 7 3.8
 Internal organ injury 4 1.4 11 3.4 10 4.3 4 1.8 6 2.3 6 3.3
 Burn 6 2.2 9 2.8 5 2.2 5 2.2 8 3.1 5 2.7
 Other specifieda 19 6.8 15 4.6 14 6.0 15 6.7 14 5.4 12 6.6
 Unspecified injury 77 27.6 71 21.7 66 28.4 63 28.3 59 23.0 52 28.6
Region of reported injuries
 Head other than TBI 138 49.5 172 52.6 124 53.4 108 48.4 138 53.7 102 56.0
 Upper extremity 59 21.1 73 22.3 51 22.0 46 20.6 53 20.6 39 21.4
 Lower extremity 31 11.1 32 9.8 22 9.5 27 12.1 24 9.3 16 8.8
 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) 5 1.8 8 2.4 5 2.2 4 1.8 7 2.7 5 2.7
 Other specifiedb 12 4.3 14 4.3 6 2.6 11 4.9 13 5.1 6 3.3
 Unspecified 34 12.2 28 8.6 24 10.3 27 12.1 22 8.6 14 7.7
Mechanism of reported injuries
 Fall 61 21.9 73 22.3 63 27.2 51 22.9 62 24.1 50 27.5
 Other specified, classifiablec 19 6.8 19 5.8 17 7.3 14 6.3 18 7.0 13 7.1
 Struck by or against object or person 12 4.3 17 5.2 17 7.3 8 3.6 13 5.1 15 8.2
 Fire/flame/hot object or substance/smoke 4 1.4 12 3.7 11 4.7 4 1.8 7 2.7 7 3.8
 Natural/environment 5 1.8 5 1.5 3 1.3 3 1.3 3 1.2 3 1.6
 Other specifiedd 9 3.2 9 2.8 6 2.6 8 3.6 8 3.1 6 3.3
 Unspecified 169 60.6 192 58.7 115 49.6 135 60.5 146 56.8 88 48.4
a

Other specified injury natures included: crushing; effects of foreign body entering orifice; other effects of external causes; poisoning by drugs, medications, biological substances; toxic effects of substances—nonmedicinal; and multiple injuries

b

Other specified injury regions included: neck, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen, abdomen lower, multiple body regions, and system wide

c

The category “Other Specified, Classifiable” includes exposure to various specified inanimate mechanical forces such as explosion and rupture of boiler, gas cylinder or pressurized tire; discharge of firework, or foreign body entering eye or other orifice; and exposure to electric current or radiation

d

Other specified injury mechanisms combined here due to small numbers included: cut/pierce, motor vehicle crash, poisoning, pedal cycling not involving motorized vehicle, suffocation, and other specified not classifiable