Table 4 Distribution of prevalent injury mechanisms by sex and age group (n = 208)
Characteristic | Falls | RTAs | Physical Assault | Other | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | N | |
Sex | *0.020 | ***0.004 | 0.385 | |||||
Female | 49 (65) | 14 (19) | 4 (5) | 8 (11) | 75 | |||
Male | 66 (50) | 49 (37) | 10 (8) | 8 (6) | 133 | |||
Age group | ***0.006 | ***0.001 | 0.65 | |||||
0–17 | 4 (19) | 4 (19) | 1 (5) | 12 (57) | 21 | |||
18–24 | 16 (48) | 12 (36) | 3 (9) | 2 (6) | 33 | |||
25–34 | 15 (38) | 18 (45) | 4 (10) | 3 (8) | 40 | |||
35–44 | 17 (46) | 16 (43) | 1 (3) | 3 (8) | 37 | |||
45–54 | 13 (50) | 7 (27) | 3 (12) | 3 (12) | 26 | |||
55–64 | 13 (65) | 6 (30) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 20 | |||
65+ | 35 (70) | 5 (10) | 3 (6) | 7 (14) | 50 | |||