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. 2020 Jun 12;15(6):e0233465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233465

Table 1. Characteristics of school injuries: Distribution of rates of injury intention, severity and location between gender, 2018–2019.

Frequency (%) Rate (per 1,000 students per month) (95% CI) Gender Comparison
Variable Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Overall p-value
Overall 2866 (62.0) 1753 (38.0) 4619 (100.0) 61.4 (52.6, 70.2) 37.1 (28.3, 46.0) 49.3 (43.1, 55.5) <0.0001
School (Grade)
Kindergarten (KG 1–3) 492 (60.4) 322 (39.6) 814 (17.6) 48.1 (40.1, 56.1) 31.5 (25.0, 38.0) 39.8 (32.5, 47.1) <0.0001
Elementary (Grade 1–5) 1899 (61.8) 1173 (38.2) 3072 (66.5) 116.9 (107.4, 126.4) 71.5 (63.9, 79.1) 94.1 (85.5, 102.7) <0.0001
Middle (Grade 6–9) 386 (64.8) 210 (35.2) 596 (12.9) 41.2 (33.6, 48.8) 20.4 (15.0, 25.8) 30.3 (23.8, 36.8) <0.0001
High (Grade 10–12) 85 (65.9) 44 (34.1) 129 (2.8) 7.9 (6.4, 9.5) 4.3 (3.2, 5.5) 6.2 (4.8, 7.5) <0.0001
Unknown/Missing 8 (0.2) 0.1 (0.0, 0.2)
Injury Location
Playground 2041 (63.9) 1151 (36.1) 3192 (69.1) 43.8 (40.2, 47.4) 24.4 (21.8, 27.1) 34.1 (30.9, 37.2) <0.0001
Classroom 279 (62.3) 169 (37.3) 448 (9.7) 6.0 (4.6, 7.3) 3.6 (2.5, 4.6) 4.8 (3.6, 6.0) <0.0001
Gym/Sports area 119 (49.2) 123 (50.8) 242 (5.2) 2.6 (1.7, 3.4) 2.6 (1.7, 3.5) 2.6 (1.9, 3.3) 0.8694
Other 80 (50.3) 79 (49.7) 159 (3.4) 1.7 (1.0, 2.4) 1.7 (1.0, 2.4) 1.7 (1.2, 2.2) 0.8795
Unknown/Missing 578 (12.5) 6.2 (4.8, 7.5)
Intention
Unintentional 1612 (62.5) 966 (37.5) 2578 (55.8) 34.6 (31.4, 37.8) 20.5 (18.0, 23.0) 27.5 (24.7, 30.4) <0.0001
Intentional 131 (72.8) 49 (27.2) 180 (3.9) 2.8 (1.9, 3.7) 1.0 (0.5, 1.6) 1.9 (1.2, 2.7) <0.0001
Unclear 327 (63.9) 185 (36.1) 512 (11.1) 7.0 (5.6, 8.5) 3.9 (2.8, 5.0) 5.5 (4.2, 6.7) <0.0001
Unknown/Missing 1349 (29.2) 14.4 (12.3, 16.5)