From: Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey
Injury characteristics (n = 1576) | % (n) |
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Fall | 25 (368) |
Burn | 20.3 (299) |
Traffic-road | 17.2 (253) |
Sharp objects | 10 (147) |
Foreign body swallowing | 8.4 (124) |
Poisoning | 7.8 (115) |
Suffocation | 4.8 (70) |
Drowning | 1.8 (27) |
Electric shock | 1.8 (26) |
Animal bites | 1.5 (22) |
Sunstroke | 1.4 (20) |
Home | 64.4 (948) |
Road | 26.4 (388) |
School | 8.8 (130) |
Others | 7.5 (110) |