Table 1. Type, site, activity, place, and mechanism of non-traffic unintentional injuries among children attending the emergency department, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, 2017.
No | % | ||
Type of injury | Fracture/dislocation/subluxation | 232 | 47.3 |
Cut/laceration/open wound | 103 | 21.0 | |
Burn | 86 | 17.5 | |
Brain injury/intracranial bleeding | 63 | 12.8 | |
Near drowning | 20 | 4.1 | |
Others | 75 | 15.2 | |
Total | 579 | 117.9 | |
Site of injury | Upper limbs | 222 | 45.2 |
Head and neck | 119 | 24.2 | |
Lower limbs | 85 | 17.3 | |
Multiple or whole body | 65 | 13.2 | |
Chest | 17 | 3.5 | |
Abdomen | 12 | 2.4 | |
Others | 20 | 4.1 | |
Total | 540 | 109.9 | |
Activity at time of injury | Leisure | 89 | 18.1 |
Daily activities | 111 | 22.6 | |
Others | 5 | 1.0 | |
Unknown | 286 | 58.2 | |
Total | 491 | 100.0 | |
Place of injury | Home | 100 | 20.4 |
Others | 23 | 4.7 | |
Play area | 19 | 3.9 | |
Chalet/resort | 17 | 3.5 | |
Unknown | 332 | 67.6 | |
Total | 491 | 100.0 |