Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by mechanism of injury
Mechanism of Injury | Fall | Door slamming | MVA | Knife cut | Ball injury | Hit by falling object | Bruised by other person | Burn | Saw/ hammer injury | Bite | Bullet injury | Other | Total - n (% of total) | Statistical significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (% of total) | 274 (33.9%) | 81 (10%) | 42 (5.2%) | 50 (6.2%) | 30 (3.7%) | 47 (5.9%) | 20 (2.5%) | 17 (2.1%) | 28 (3.4%) | 10 (1.2%) | 4 (0.5%) | 172 (21.3%) | 775 (97%) | Â | |
Sex | Male | 177 (30.6%) | 61 (10.5%) | 34 (5.9%) | 38 (6.6%) | 27 (4.7) | 43 (7.4) | 17 (2.9) | 12 (2.1%) | 28 (4.8%) | 8 (1.4%) | 4 (.7%) | 130 (22.5%) | 579 (72.5%) | X2 value - 38.122 df - 12 p < 0.0001* |
Female | 97 (49.5%) | 20 (10.2%) | 8 (4.1%) | 12 (6.1%) | 3 (1.5%) | 4 (2%) | 3 (1.5%) | 5 (2.6%) | 0 (0) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0) | 42 (21.4%) | 196 (24.5%) | ||
Age | 16 or younger | 109 (41.3%) | 48 (18.2%) | 2 (.8%) | 8 (3%) | 18 (6.8%) | 10 (3.8%) | 3 (1.1%) | 5 (1.9%) | 2 (.8%) | 6 (2.3%) | 0 (0) | 53 (20.1%) | 264 (33%) | X2 value - 112.898 df - 24 p < 0.0001* |
17 to 65 years | 137 (29.3%) | 28 (6%) | 39 (8.3%) | 41 (8.8%) | 12 (2.6%) | 37 (7.9%) | 16 (3.4%) | 12 (2.6%) | 25 (5.3%) | 4 (.9%) | 4 (.9%) | 113 (24.1%) | 468 (58.6%) | ||
Over 65 years | 28 (65.1%) | 5 (11.6%) | 1 (2.3%) | 1 (2.3%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.3%) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.3%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (14.0%) | 43 (5.4%) | ||
Religion | Jewish | 147 (34.1%) | 46 (10.7%) | 30 (7%) | 28 (6.5%) | 23 (5.3%) | 21 (4.9%) | 14 (3.2%) | 9 (2.1%) | 7 (1.6%) | 6 (1.4) | 1 (0.2%) | 99 (23%) | 431 (53.9%) | X2 value – 32.081 df – 12 p < 0.001* |
Muslim | 119 (37.7%) | 34 (10.8%) | 11 (3.5%) | 19 (6%) | 4 (1.3%) | 26 (8.2%) | 5 (1.6%) | 8 (2.5%) | 20 (6.3%) | 3 (0.9) | 3 (0.9%) | 64 (20.3%) | 316 (39.5%) | ||