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Table 2 Age and sex distribution of non-intentional injuries among study population

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

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