Childhood musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi from traumatic and non-traumatic causes: a population- based assessment using the key informant method

Table 4 Extrapolations of traumatic musculoskeletal impairment diagnoses

Diagnosis	Number Assessed		No. per 1000¹
Burn Contracture	45	(4%)²	0.276
Post traumatic join stiffness	28	(2%)	0.172
Fracture malunion	15	(1%)	0.092
Head injury	1	(0.10%)	0.006
Recurrent/chronic dislocation	5	(0.40%)	0.031
Tendon/muscle problem	4	(0.40%)	0.024
peripheral nerve problem	15	(1%)	0.092
Amputation	16	(1%)	0.098
Cause not given	20	(2%)	0.123

¹Estimated assuming prevalence was similar in children who were referred but did not attend the survey and extrapolated using the total number of children in the villages (338,235)
²Percentages expressed as number counted of total number of children with MSI

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