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Table 3 Trends over time for five major types of injury and fall injuries in different age groups and gender, 1999 to 2008

From: Epidemiologic patterns of injuries treated at the emergency department of a Swedish medical center

Age group

Men

Women

Men

Women

 

Fracture

Contusion

20 to 29

1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)

1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.02 (1.00 to 1.04)

30 to 39

0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)

0.99 (0.96 to 1.02)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.05 (1.03 to 1.07)

40 to 49

1.02 (1.00 to 1.04)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.04)

1.05 (1.03 to 1.07)

1.05 (1.03 to 1.08)

50 to 59

1.03 (1.01 to 1.05)

1.04 (1.03 to 1.06)

1.05 (1.02 to 1.07)

1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)

60 to 69

1.01 (0.99 to 1.03)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.04 (1.01 to 1.07)

1.03 (1.00 to 1.06)

70 to 79

1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.01)

1.07 (1.04 to 1.10)

1.04 (1.02 to 1.07)

80 to 89

1.00 (0.97 to 1.02)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.05 (1.02 to 1.09)

1.05 (1.02 to 1.07)

90 and older

1.02 (0.96 to 1.08)

1.00 (0.97 to 1.03)

1.08 (1.00 to 1.17)

1.03 (0.99 to 1.08)

Total

1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.02)

1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)

1.04 (1.03 to 1.05)

 

Wound

Sprain

20 to 29

0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)

1.00 (0.99 to 1.02)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.01)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.02)

30 to 39

0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)

1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.03)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.04)

40 to 49

1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)

1.02 (0.99 to 1.04)

1.04 (1.02 to 1.06)

1.05 (1.03 to 1.07)

50 to 59

1.01 (0.99 to 1.03)

1.03 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)

1.01 (0.99 to 1.04)

60 to 69

1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)

1.04 (1.01 to 1.08)

1.01 (0.97 to 1.05)

1.01 (0.98 to 1.04)

70 to 79

1.02 (0.99 to 1.05)

1.03 (1.00 to 1.07)

1.03 (0.98 to 1.08)

0.99 (0.95 to 1.04)

80 to 89

1.04 (0.99 to 1.08)

1.02 (0.98 to 1.05)

1.07 (0.98 to 1.17)

1.01 (0.95 to 1.08)

90 and older

1.04 (0.95 to 1.14)

1.05 (0.99 to 1.12)

0.94 (0.74 to 1.18)

1.09 (0.96 to 1.25)

Total

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.03)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.02)

 

Concussion

Mechanism-fall

20 to 29

0.98 (0.95 to 1.02)

1.04 (0.99 to 1.08)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.01)

30 to 39

1.02 (0.97 to 1.07)

1.00 (0.94 to 1.06)

0.97 (0.96 to 0.99)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)

40 to 49

0.97 (0.92 to 1.02)

1.00 (0.95 to 1.06)

1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.03 (1.01 to 1.05)

50 to 59

0.99 (0.94 to 1.04)

1.04 (0.98 to 1.10)

1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)

1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)

60 to 69

0.98 (0.92 to 1.04)

0.97 (0.91 to 1.04)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)

1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)

70 to 79

0.96 (0.89 to 1.02)

1.00 (0.94 to 1.07)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)

1.00 (0.99 to 1.02)

80 to 89

0.97 (0.90 to 1.05)

0.89 (0.84 to 0.95)

1.02 (1.00 to 1.04)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)

90 and older

0.75 (0.57 to 0.99)

0.90 (0.81 to 1.00)

1.02 (0.98 to 1.07)

1.01 (0.98 to 1.03)

Total

0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.01)

1.01 (1.01 to 1.02)

  1. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval.