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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey

Injury characteristics (n = 1576)

% (n)

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)