From: Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey
Causes of injuries | Total | Age group in years (y) | Sex | |||||
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n = 1576 | ≤ 2 y n = 125 % (n) | 2- <6 y n = 1032 % (n) | 6-18 y n = 315 % (n) | P value | Male n = 842 % (n) | Female n = 630 % (n) | P value | |
Wounds | 451 | 6.4 (29) | 71.6 (323) | 22 (99) | 0.169 | 19 (281) | 11.5 (170) | 0.009 |
Fractures | 422 | 4.4 (19) | 67.5 (285) | 28 (118) | < 0.001 | 17 (251) | 11.6 (171) | 0.269 |
Burn | 299 | 12.7 (38) | 71 (212) | 16.3 (49) | 0.002 | 10.9 (160) | 9.4 (139) | 0.150 |
Foreign body | 124 | 10.5 (13) | 83 (103) | 6.5 (8) | < 0.001 | 3.6 (53) | 4.8 (71) | Ë‚0.001 |
Poisoning | 115 | 11.5 (13) | 75.7 (87) | 13 (15) | 0.056 | 3.8 (57) | 3.9 (58) | 0.095 |
Suffocation | 70 | 8.6 (6) | 85.7 (60) | 5.7 (4) | 0.004 | 3 (45) | 1.7 (25) | 0.265 |
Drowning | 27 | 11.1 (3) | 40.7 (11) | 48.2 (13) | 0.002 | 1 (16) | 0.7 (11) | 1 |
Electric shock | 26 | 0 (0) | 92.3 (24) | 7.6 (2) | 0.040 | 1 (15) | 0.7 (11) | 1 |
Animal bite | 22 | 4.6 (1) | 72.7 (16) | 22.7 (5) | 0.799 | 0.7 (11) | 0.7 (11) | 0.521 |
Sunstroke | 20 | 0 (0) | 90 (18) | 10 (2) | 0.129 | 0.7 (11) | 0.6 (9) | 0.825 |