School-based injury outcomes in children from a low-income setting: results from the pilot injury surveillance in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan

Table 1 **Description of children aged 0–14 years injured in schools (N = 922)*, Rawalpindi (Jul 2007 to Jun 2008)**

	All cases		ED discharge		Hospital admission		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	922†	100.0	861	95.0†	46	5.0†
Age	(n = 922)		(n = 861)		(n = 46)		0.005
- 1-4	130	14.1	124	14.4	2	4.4
- 5-9	406	44.0	385	44.7	14	30.4
- 10-14	386	41.9	352	40.9	30	65.2
Sex	(n = 922)		(n = 851)		(n = 44)		0.06
- Male	680	73.8	220	25.9	39	88.6
- Female	229	24.8	631	74.1	5	11.4
- No response	13	1.4
Activity	(n = 922)		(n = 854)		(n = 46)		‡
- Playing	789	85.6	753	88.2	25	54.3
- Educational/Academic	66	7.1	45	5.3	18	39.1
- Other	60	6.5	45	5.3	3	6.6
- No response	7	0.8	11	1.2	0	0.0
Mechanism	(n = 922)		(n = 836)		(n = 45)		‡
- Fall	797	86.4	763	91.3	25	55.6
- Blunt objects	26	2.8	26	3.1	0	0.0
- Fire/heat	22	2.4	5	0.6	17	37.8
- Sharp object	20	2.2	17	2.1	2	4.4
- Moving vehicle	14	1.5	12	1.4	1	2.2
- Suffocation	2	0.2	2	0.2	0	0.0
- Drowning	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0
- Others	10	1.1	10	1.2	0	0.0
- No response	30	3.3					‡
Type	(n = 922)		(n = 859)		(n = 46)
- Unintentional	904	98.1	848	98.7	44	95.6
- Violence	9	1.0	8	0.9	1	2.2
- Self-harm	4	0.4	3	0.4	1	2.2
- No response	5	0.5
Nature	(n = 922)		(n = 808)		(n = 43)		‡
- Soft tissue injuries	284	30.8	279	34.5	3	7.0
Limbs (muscular) §	273	96.1	269	96.4	2	66.7
Facial & neck§	10	3.5	0	0.0	1	33.3
Spinal§	1	0.4	10	3.6	0	0.0
- Open wound	254	27.5	248	30.7	5	11.6
- Bruise	117	12.7	116	14.4	0	0.0
- Fracture	90	9.8	82	10.2	6	14.0
- Head injury	64	6.9	52	6.4	12	27.9
- Sprain	25	2.7	24	2.9	0	0.0
- Burns	24	2.6	7	0.9	17	39.5
- No response	64	7.0
Severity	(n = 922)		(n = 861)		(n = 46)		<0.001
- Mild	648	70.3	629	73.1	7	15.2
- Moderate	269	29.2	232	26.9	39	84.8
- Severe║	5	0.5

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