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Table 4 Reported accidents causing later shaft fractures of femur or humerus

From: The epidemiology of infant shaft fractures of femur or humerus by incidence, birth, accidents, and other causes

 

No reported accident

Reported accident

Fall accident

Other type of accident

All

All

From being carried

From same level

From furniture or equipment

From bed

From stairs

Unspecified

Pinching

Transport

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Femur shaft fracture

  < 6 months (n = 102)

37 (36.3)

65 (63.7)

53 (51.9)

16 (15.7)

5 (4.9)

4 (3.9)

3 (2.9)

0

25 (24.5)

10 (9.8)

2 (2.0)

 6 to 12 months (n = 185)

30 (16.2)

155 (83.8)

145 (78.4)

34 (18.4)

24 (13.0)

20 (10.8)

13 (7.0)

14 (7.6)

40 (21.6)

8 (4.3)

2 (1.1)

 All (n = 287)

67 (23.3)

220 (76.7)

198 (69.0)

50 (17.4)

29 (10.1)

24 (8.4)

16 (5.6)

14 (4.9)

65 (22.6)

18 (6.3)

4 (1.4)

Humerus shaft fracture

  < 6 months (n = 96)

48 (50.0)

48 (49.9)

44 (45.8)

8 (8.3)

1 (1.0)

3 (3.1)

2 (2.1)

0

30 (31.3)

3 (3.1)

1 (1.0)

 6 to 12 months (n = 46)

11 (23.9)

35 (76.1)

35 (761.1)

3 (6.5)

9 (19.6)

7 (15.2)

2 (4.4)

0

14 (30.4)

0

0

All (n = 142)

59 (41.6)

83 (58.4)

79 (55.5)

11 (7.7)

10 (7.0)

10 (7.0)

4 (2.8)

0

44 (31.0)

3 (2.1)

1 (0.7)