Table 4 Traumatic injury classification by decades of age
Age (y) | 15–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–60 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Contusion | 135 | 23.6 | 1054 | 28.9 | 844 | 29.5 | 695 | 28.3 | 270 | 29.8 | 2998 | 28.7 |
Sprain | 160 | 27.9 | 964 | 26.4 | 778 | 27.2 | 669 | 27.3 | 230 | 25.4 | 2801 | 26.8 |
Fracture | 67 | 11.7 | 413 | 11.3 | 316 | 11.0 | 301 | 12.3 | 109 | 12.0 | 1206 | 11.5 |
Ligament injury | 94 | 16.4 | 497 | 13.6 | 315 | 11.0 | 212 | 8.6 | 47 | 5.2 | 1165 | 11.2 |
Tendon injury | 51 | 8.9 | 310 | 8.5 | 299 | 10.4 | 266 | 10.8 | 114 | 12.6 | 1040 | 10.0 |
Joint injury | 35 | 6.1 | 216 | 5.9 | 189 | 6.6 | 203 | 8.3 | 95 | 10.5 | 738 | 7.1 |
Dislocation | 25 | 4.4 | 125 | 3.4 | 69 | 2.4 | 44 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.1 | 273 | 2.6 |
Periarthritis | 2 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.8 | 31 | 1.1 | 35 | 1.4 | 23 | 2.5 | 119 | 1.1 |
Nerve injury | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 44 | 0.4 |
Incision wound | 2 | 0.3 | 20 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 37 | 0.4 |
Other | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 21 | 0.2 |