Table 5.
Intermediate repair wounds for adult and paediatric patients, by location and size
| Location (size, cm) | Adult n (%) |
Paediatric n (%) |
Prevalence ratio (paediatric/adult) |
| Total | 555 (0.7) | 318 (1.6) | 2.29 |
| Neck; axillae; trunk and/or extremities (excluding hands and feet) | |||
| <2.5 | 54 (0.07) | 39 (0.19) | 2.71 |
| 2.6–7.5 | 135 (0.17) | 47 (0.23) | 1.35 |
| 7.6–12.5 | 60 (0.09) | 19 (0.09) | 1.00 |
| 12.6–20.0 | 27 (0.03) | 7 (0.03) | 1.00 |
| 20.1–30.0 | 7 (0.01) | 2 (0.01) | 1.00 |
| >30 | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 1.00 |
| Neck; hands; feet and/or external genitalia | |||
| <2.5 | 51 (0.06) | 16 (0.08) | 1.33 |
| 2.6–7.5 | 69 (0.09) | 6 (0.03) | 0.33 |
| 7.6–12.5 | 12 (0.02) | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| 12.6–20 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 0.00 |
| Face; ears; eyelids; nose; lips, and/or mucous membranes | |||
| <2.5 | 50 (0.06) | 73 (0.36) | 6.00 |
| 2.6–5.0 | 49 (0.06) | 69 (0.34) | 5.67 |
| 5.1–7.5 | 19 (0.02) | 13 (0.06) | 3.00 |
| 7.6–12.5 | 16 (0.02) | 13 (0.06) | 3.00 |
| 12.6–20 | 4 (0.01) | 8 (0.04) | 4.00 |
| 20.1–30 | 0 (0) | 4 (0.02) | 0.00 |