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. 2019 Jul 15;19:943. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7284-1

Table 2.

Crash and injury characteristics, by sickness-absence (SA) and disability-pension (DP) status at bicycle crash date1

All Ongoing SA/DP New SA No new SA
N column% n row% n row% n row%
Total 7643 100 748 9.8 1367 17.9 5528 72.3
Crash type
 Single 6484 84.8 641 9.9 1146 17.7 4697 72.4
 Collision with pedestrian, animal, or other bicycle 431 5.6 35 8.1 82 19.0 314 72.9
 Collision with motor vehicle 728 9.5 72 9.9 139 19.1 517 71.0
Healthcare
 Only specialized out-patient healthcare 6345 83.0 578 9.1 879 13.9 4888 77.0
 In-patient healthcare ≤1 day 643 8.4 70 10.9 153 23.8 420 65.3
 In-patient healthcare > 1 day 655 8.6 100 15.3 335 51.1 220 33.6
Type of injury
 Fracture 2805 36.7 340 12.1 930 33.2 1535 54.7
 Dislocation 326 4.3 17 5.2 79 24.2 230 70.6
 Sprains and strains 679 8.9 70 10.3 80 11.8 529 77.9
 Internal 733 9.6 82 11.2 103 14.1 548 74.8
 External 2942 38.5 230 7.8 161 5.5 2551 86.7
 Other and unspecified 158 2.1 9 5.7 14 8.9 135 85.4
Body region
 Traumatic Brain Injury, not concussion 117 1.5 24 20.5 42 35.9 51 43.6
 Concussion 563 7.4 51 9.1 46 8.2 466 82.8
 Other head, face and neck 1433 18.7 98 6.8 93 6.5 1242 86.7
 Vertebral column and spinal cord 156 2.0 12 7.7 58 37.2 86 55.1
 Torso 546 7.1 64 11.7 89 16.3 393 72.0
 Upper extremities 3264 42.7 308 9.4 733 22.5 2223 68.1
 Lower extremities 1452 19.0 182 12.5 304 20.9 966 66.5
 Other and unspecified 112 1.5 9 8.0 2 1.8 101 90.2

1Among all individuals in Sweden of working ages who in 2010 had a new bicycle crash leading to in- or specialized out-patient healthcare