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. 2018 Oct 30;10:111. doi: 10.1186/s13195-018-0437-0

Table 2.

Injury in people with and without dementia

Variables Total People with dementia People without dementia p value
n % n % n %
Total 455,630 91,126 20.00 364,504 80.00
Injury < 0.001
 Without 368,734 80.93 72,978 80.08 295,756 81.14
 With 86,896 19.07 18,148 19.92 68,748 18.86
Injury diagnosis < 0.001
 Fracture 32,838 37.79 6374 35.12 26,464 38.49
 Dislocation 826 0.95 182 1.00 644 0.94
 Sprains and strains 1715 1.97 415 2.29 1300 1.89
 Intracranial/internal injury 9694 11.16 2246 12.38 7448 10.83
 Open wound 4504 5.18 1093 6.02 3411 4.96
 Injury to blood vessels 51 0.06 6 0.03 45 0.07
 Superficial injury/contusion 3494 4.02 826 4.55 2668 3.88
 Crushing 185 0.21 28 0.15 157 0.23
 Foreign body entering through orifice 1079 1.24 375 2.07 704 1.02
 Burn 936 1.08 228 1.26 708 1.03
 Injury to nerves and spinal cord 367 0.42 62 0.34 305 0.44
 Poisoning 3897 4.48 901 4.96 2996 4.36
 Others injury 27,310 31.43 5412 29.82 21,898 31.85
Cause of injury < 0.001
 Traffic 5888 10.44 647 5.86 5241 11.55
 Poisoning (drugs/medicaments/biologicals) 816 1.45 212 1.92 604 1.33
 Poisoning (solid and liquid substances/gases/vapors) 191 0.34 41 0.37 150 0.33
 Surgical/medical care 137 0.24 30 0.27 107 0.24
 Abnormal reaction of medical procedures 13,221 23.44 2424 21.97 10,797 23.79
 Falls 27,075 48.00 5533 50.15 21,542 47.47
 Burns and fires 64 0.11 10 0.09 54 0.12
 Environment 216 0.38 33 0.30 183 0.40
 Drowning 8 0.01 1 0.01 7 0.02
 Suffocation 672 1.19 238 2.16 434 0.96
 Other unintentional injuries 4717 8.36 1147 10.40 3570 7.87
 Late effects 1324 2.35 314 2.85 1010 2.23
 Adverse drug reaction 1331 2.36 281 2.55 1050 2.31
 Suicide 580 1.03 82 0.74 498 1.10
 Homicide/abuse 168 0.30 39 0.35 129 0.28
Intentionality of injury 0.018
 Unintentional 55,660 98.67 10,911 98.90 44,749 98.62
 Intentional 748 1.33 121 1.10 627 1.38

p value by Chi-square/Fisher exact test on category variables and t test on continue variables