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Table 1 Injury mechanism by sex, age and high-energy injuries

From: Clavicle fractures: epidemiology, classification and treatment of 2 422 fractures in the Swedish Fracture Register; an observational study

 

Total, n (%)

Males, n (%)

Females, n (%)

Young, n (%)

Mature, n (%)

Old, n (%)

High-energy (%)

Fall

1 175 (49.0)

663 (40.5)

512 (67.5)

200 (39.0)

467 (37.0)

508 (81.5)

101 (15.2)

 Fall on the same level

817 (34.1)

469 (28.6)

348 (45.8)

169 (32.9)

303 (24.0)

345 (55.4)

41 (6.2)

 Fall from a height

210 (8.8)

117 (7.1)

93 (12.3)

10 (1.9)

101 (8.0)

99 (15.9)

55 (8.3)

 Unspecified fall

148 (6.2)

77 (4.7)

71 (9.4)

21 (4.1)

63 (5.0)

64 (10.3)

5 (0.8)

Transport accident

996 (41.5)

803 (49.0)

193 (25.4)

203 (39.6)

705 (55.9)

88 (14.1)

539 (81.1)

 Bicycle

492 (20.5)

404 (24.6)

88 (11.6)

58 (11.3)

394 (31.2)

40 (6.4)

183 (27.5)

 Motorcycle

309 (12.9)

298 (18.2)

11 (1.4)

95 (18.5)

198 (15.7)

16 (2.6)

233 (35.0)

 Other transport accident

195 (8.1)

101 (6.2)

94 (12.4)

50 (9.7)

113 (9.0)

32 (5.1)

123 (18.5)

Non-traumatic fractures

17 (0.7)

7 (0.4)

10 (1.3)

0 (0)

6 (0.5)

11 (1.8)

0 (0)

Other

210 (8.8)

166 (10.1)

44 (5.8)

110 (21.4)

84 (6.7)

16 (2.6)

25 (3.8)

Total

2 398

1 639

759

513

1 262

623

665

  1. Young = 15–24 years of age, Mature = 25–64 years old, Old = 65+ years of age. Main groups of injury mechanisms are presented in bold letters, followed by subgroups in normal letters