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Table 1 Distribution of different injury causes for different educational stages

From: Game-related injuries in schools: a retrospective nationwide 6-year evaluation and implications for prevention policy

Injury cause

Category

Kindergartena

Elementary schoola

Middle + high schoola

All educational stagesa

Game

Break

115 (33.4%)

4277 (48.3%)

1546 (38.1%)

5938 (44.8%)

 

Lesson

39 (11.3%)

814 (9.2%)

652 (16.1%)

1505 (11.4%)

 

Physical education

1 (0.3%)

307 (3.5%)

348 (8.6%)

656 (4.9%)

 

Before-after school

2 (0.6%)

134 (1.5%)

39 (1%)

175 (1.3%)

 

Not reported

187 (54.4%)

3320 (37.5%)

1472 (36.3%)

4979 (37.6%)

 

Total-game

344 (30.5%)b

8852 (37.8%)b

4057 (35.4%)b

13,253 (36.8%)b

Falling from a height

Break

14 (33.3%)

301 (44.1%)

99 (34.3%)

414 (40.9%)

 

Lesson

8 (19%)

96 (14.1%)

56 (19.4%)

160 (15.8%)

 

Physical education

0 (0%)

12 (1.8%)

12 (4.2%)

24 (2.3%)

 

Before-after school

1 (2.4%)

26 (3.8%)

5 (1.7%)

32 (3.2%)

 

Not reported

19 (45.2%)

247 (36.2%)

117 (40.5%)

383 (37.8%)

 

Total-falling

42 (3.7%)b

682 (2.9%)b

289 (2.5%)b

1013 (2.8%)b

Slipping

Break

74 (32.3%)

1916 (42.3%)

813 (37.3%)

2803 (40.4%)

 

Lesson

32 (14%)

510 (11.2%)

300 (13.8%)

842 (12.1%)

 

Physical education

2 (0.9%)

98 (2.2%)

114 (5.2%)

214 (3.1%)

 

Before-after school

6 (2.6%)

157 (3.5%)

63 (2.9%)

226 (3.3%)

 

Not reported

115 (50.2%)

1853 (40.9%)

887 (40.7%)

2855 (41.1%)

 

Total-slipping

229 (20.3%)b

4534 (19.4%)b

2177 (19.0%)b

6940 (19.3%)b

Violence

Break

17 (51.5%)

501 (43.2%)

323 (40.6%)

841 (42.3%)

 

Lesson

4 (12.1%)

178 (15.3%)

122 (15.3%)

304 (15.3%)

 

Physical education

0 (0%)

10 (0.9%)

15 (1.9%)

25 (1.3%)

 

Before-after school

0 (0%)

24 (2.1%)

27 (3.4%)

51 (2.6%)

 

Not reported

12 (36.4%)

448 (38.6%)

309 (38.8%)

769 (38.5%)

 

Total-violence

33 (2.9%)b

1161 (5.0%)b

796 (6.9%)b

1990 (5.5%)b

Animal bite/insects stings and disease

Break

10 (37%)

103 (45.4%)

28 (20%)

141 (35.7%)

 

Lesson

2 (7.4%)

24 (10.6%)

29 (20.6%)

55 (13.9%)

 

Physical education

0 (0%)

2 (0.9%)

5 (3.5%)

7 (1.8%)

 

Before-after school

0 (0%)

5 (2.2%)

5 (3.5%)

10 (2.5%)

 

Not reported

15 (55.6%)

93 (41%)

74 (52.5%)

182 (46.1%)

 

Total-animals and diseases

27 (2.4%)b

227 (0.9%)b

141 (1.2%)b

395 (1.1%)b

Not reported

Break

131 (28.9%)

2453 (30.9%)

1044 (26.1%)

3628 (29.2%)

 

Lesson

34 (13.4%)

998 (12.6%)

663 (16.6%)

1695 (13.7%)

 

Physical education

2 (0.4%)

139 (1.7%)

139 (3.5%)

280 (2.3%)

 

Before-after school

1 (0.2%)

173 (2.2%)

91 (2.3%)

265 (2.1%)

 

Not reported

286 (63%)

4188 (52.7%)

2069 (51.6%)

6543 (52.7%)

 

Total-not reported

454 (40.2%)b

7951 (34.0%)b

4006 (35.0%)b

12,411 (34.5%)b

All causes

All categories

1129 (3.1%)c

23,407 (65.0%)c

11,466 (31.9%)c

36,002 (100%)c

  1. aFor each combination of injury cause and educational stage, the percentage represents the distribution of the event category
  2. bThe percentage represents the distribution of injury causes within the educational stage (column)
  3. cThe percentage represents the distribution of events by the educational stage (row)