Table 1 Mechanism of injury for femur fractures by the age of the child
From: Epidemiology of pediatric femur fractures in children: the Swedish Fracture Register
Age (years) | 0–3 | 4–6 | 7–9 | 10–12 | 13–15 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanism of injury | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Traffic accident a | 12 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 51 | 40 | 126 | 18 |
Fall <1 m | 70 | 32 | 47 | 33 | 45 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 32 | 236 | 33 |
Fall >1 m | 79 | 37 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 172 | 24 |
Fall unspecified | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 5 |
Stress/ pathological/ spontaneous | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 3 |
Non-accidental | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5 |
Other b | 22 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 80 | 11 |
Unspecified | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Total | 216 | 100 | 141 | 100 | 119 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 134 | 100 | 709 | 100 |