Table 5 Risk factors for serious injuries

Mechanism of injury

 Fall

1592

678 (42.6)

1.92 (95%CI 1.42–2.61)

1.93 (95%CI 1.42–2.63)

 < 0.0001

 RTC

840

386 (45.9)

2.20 (95%CI 1.60–3.03)

2.35 (95%CI 1.69–3.28)

 < 0.0001

 Stab or cut

476

31 (6.5)

0.18 (95%CI 0.11–0.29)

0.24 (95%CI 0.15–0.38)

 < 0.0001

 Animal bite

343

36 (10.5)

0.30 (95%CI 0.19–0.48)

0.38 (95%CI 0.24–0.61)

 < 0.0001

 Burn

291

150 (51.5)

2.76 (95%CI 1.91–3.99)

3.00 (95%CI 2.01–4.49)

 < 0.0001

 Blunt force trauma

200

32 (16.0)

0.49 (95%CI 0.31–0.79)

0.57 (95%CI 0.35–0.93)

0.025

 Hit by falling object

120

26 (21.7)

0.72 (95%CI 0.43–1.21)

0.85 (95%CI 0.49–1.46)

0.559

 Sexual assault

80

23 (28.8)

1.05 (95%CI 0.59–1.84)

1.30 (95%CI 0.73–2.35)

0.368

 Poisoning

38

18 (47.4)

2.33 (95%CI 1.16–4.69)

2.87 (95%CI 1.39–5.89)

0.004

 Others

230

64 (27.8)

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Age^ň

N = 4368

 < 5 years

1165

446 (38.3)

1.45 (95%CI 1.18–1.77)

1.44 (95%CI 1.14–1.81)

0.002

 5–9 years

1433

470 (32.8)

1.13 (95%CI 0.93–1.39)

1.12 (95%CI 0.9–1.41)

0.3

 10–14 year

1040

330 (31.7)

1.08 (95%CI 0.88–1.34)

0.98 (95%CI 0.77–1.24)

0.849

 15–18 years

676

203 (30.0)

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Referral^Ħ

N = 4267

 Direct from injury site

3748

1142 (30.5)

Ref

Ref

 Referred

519

308 (59.3)

3.33 (95% CI 2.76–4.02)

3.17 (95%CI 2.57–3.90)

 < 0.0001

Triage level ^ň

N = 4304

 Emergency

651

334 (51.3)

3.93 (95%CI 2.97–5.18)

4.18 (95%CI 3.07–5.68)

 < 0.0001

 Priority

3223

1033 (32.1)

1.76 (95%CI 1.38–2.24)

1.89 (95%CI 1.45–2.49)

 < 0.0001

 Queue

430

91 (21.2)

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Injury intent^ρ

N = 3733

 Intentional injuries

147

50 (34.0)

Ref

Ref

 Unintentional injuries

3586

1171 (32.7)

0.98 (95%CI 0.64–1.39)

0.99 (95%CI 0.67–1.48)

0.99

Gender**

N = 4341

 Male

2894

1008 (34.8)

1.16 95%CI (1.01–1.33)

1.17 (95%CI 1.01–1.35)

0.041

 Female

1447

456 (31.5)

Ref

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