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Table 3 Age differences within game-related injuries over different injured body regions and different event locations

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

Variable

Value

Average age

CI (95%)

Standard deviation

Median

IQR

Event category

Lesson

10.96

10.82, 11.11

2.896

11

9–13

 

Physical education

11.70

11.51, 11.89

2.487

12

10–13

 

Break

9.98

9.92, 10.05

2.557

10

8–12

 

Other

10.12

10.05, 10.20

2.752

10

8–12

Body region

Head

9.34

9.27, 9.41

2.726

9

7–11

 

Hand

10.98

10.90, 11.06

2.375

11

10–12

 

Foot/leg

11.20

11.10, 11.29

2.450

11

9.5–13

 

Other

10.76

10.59, 10.93

2.543

11

9–12

Injury cause

Game

10.23

10.19, 10.28

2.708

10

8–12

 

Falling from a height

9.84

9.66, 10.03

2.983

10

7–12

 

Slipping

10.18

10.11, 10.25

2.854

10

8–12

 

Violence

10.66

10.54, 10.78

2.768

11

8.5–13

 

Animal bites/insect stings + disease

10.05

9.72, 10.38

3.304

9

7–12

 

Other

10.23

10.20, 10.29

2.938

10

8–12