Table I.

Distribution of the study population: children with fractures during the study period.

Variable	Female, n (%)	Male, n (%)	Total, n (%)
Age, yrs
0	0 (0.0)	2 (0.0)	2 (0.0)
1	40 (0.9)	25 (0.6)	65 (1.5)
2	28 (0.6)	35 (0.8)	63 (1.5)
3	49 (1.1)	44 (1.0)	93 (2.2)
4	58 (1.3)	66 (1.5)	124 (2.9)
5	98 (2.3)	103 (2.4)	201 (4.7)
6	139 (3.2)	116 (2.7)	255 (5.9)
7	163 (3.8)	137 (3.2)	300 (7.0)
8	175 (4.1)	162 (3.8)	337 (7.8)
9	211 (4.9)	188 (4.4)	399 (9.2)
10	256 (5.9)	206 (4.8)	462 (10.7)
11	224 (5.2)	263 (6.1)	487 (11.3)
12	201 (4.7)	289 (6.7)	490 (11.4)
13	142 (3.3)	297 (6.9)	439 (10.2)
14	75 (1.7)	229 (5.3)	304 (7.0)
15	35 (0.8)	138 (3.2)	173 (4.0)
16	11 (0.3)	76 (1.8)	87 (2.0)
17	5 (0.1)	30 (0.7)	35 (0.8)
Total	1,910 (44.3)	2,406 (55.7)	4,316 (100.0)
Side
Right	795 (18.0)	1,039 (24.0)	1,834 (42.0)
Left	1,114 (26.0)	1,367 (32.0)	2,481 (57.0)
Both	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.0)
Total	1,910 (44.0)	2,406 (56.0)	4,316 (100.0)
Other fractures
No	1,894 (44.0)	2,356 (55.0)	4,250 (98.0)
Another limb	8 (0.0)	31 (1.0)	39 (1.0)
Same limb	8 (0.0)	18 (0.0)	26 (1.0)
Missing data	0 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)
Total	1,910 (44.0)	2,406 (56.0)	4,316 (100.0)