Variables* | Age distribution (in years) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanism** | Overall (N = 4368) | 0–4 (n = 1165) | 5–9 (n = 1433) | 10–14 (n = 1040) | 15- < 18 (n = 676) |
n (%) | % | % | % | % | |
 Fall from height | 1592 (36.4) | 41.4 | 42.9 | 32.6 | 20.3 |
 RTC | 840 (19.2) | 12.4 | 17.5 | 22.1 | 31.2 |
 Stab or cut | 476 (10.9) | 5.5 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 13.3 |
 Animal bite | 343 (7.9) | 4.9 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 6.8 |
 Burn | 291 (6.7) | 16.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
 Blunt trauma | 200 (4.6) | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
 Hit by falling object | 120 (2.7) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
 Sexual assault | 80 (1.8) | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
 Poisoning | 38 (0.9) | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
 OthersĦ | 230 (5.3) | 6.8 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 7.0 |
Injury intent | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Intentional | 147 (3.4) | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 8.7 |
 Unintentional | 3586 (82.1) | 85.2 | 83.3 | 82.2 | 74.0 |
 Unknown | 635 (14.5) | 14.1 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 17.3 |
Location of injury | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 2468 (56.5) | 659 (56.6) | 835 (58.3) | 562 (54.0) | 397 (58.7) |
 Rural | 1633 (37.4) | 440 (37.8) | 507 (35.4) | 413 (39.7) | 239 (35.4) |
 Unknown | 267 (6.1) | 66 (5.7) | 91 (6.4) | 65 (6.3) | 40 (5.9) |
Place of injury | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Home | 2445 (56.0) | 77.2 | 58.7 | 44.0 | 30.3 |
 On the Road | 975 (22.3) | 12.8 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 35.7 |
 School | 355 (8.1) | 1.6 | 8.9 | 12.6 | 11.4 |
 Work | 159 (3.6) | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
 Playground | 107 (2.5) | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 6.1 |
 Public Space | 252 (5.8) | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 9.9 |
 Others | 11 (0.3) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
 Unknown | 64 (1.5) | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |