Table 2.
Sub-analyses of mechanism of injury for April–May 2019 and 2020.
| 2019 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault - penetrating knife | Count | 416 | 102 |
| % within Year grouping | 23.1% | 11.7% | |
| Assault - penetrating GSW | Count | 206 | 133 |
| % within Year grouping | 11.5% | 15.3% | |
| Assault - blunt trauma | Count | 236 | 182 |
| % within Year grouping | 13.1% | 20.9% | |
| MVC | Count | 270 | 73 |
| % within Year grouping | 15.0% | 8.4% | |
| PVC | Count | 79 | 42 |
| % within Year grouping | 4.4% | 4.8% | |
| Accidental-fall | Count | 323 | 199 |
| % within Year grouping | 18.0% | 22.8% | |
| Accidental - penetrating trauma | Count | 18 | 24 |
| % within Year grouping | 1.0% | 2.8% | |
| Accidental - Blunt trauma | Count | 99 | 52 |
| % within Year grouping | 5.5% | 6.0% | |
| Burns | Count | 13 | 16 |
| % within Year grouping | 0.7% | 1.8% | |
| Dog Bite/envenomation | Count | 12 | 10 |
| % within Year grouping | 0.7% | 1.1% | |
| Unknown Mechanism of Injury | Count | 109 | 32 |
| % within Year grouping | 6.1% | 3.7% | |
| Self-harm | Count | 9 | 7 |
| % within Year grouping | 0.5% | 0.8% | |
| Train incident | Count | 7 | 0 |
| % within Year grouping | 0.4% | 0.0% | |