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 | |||||
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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) |