Table 4 The epidemiology of age group according to different etiologies
From: Clinical analysis of 1301 children with hand and foot fractures and growth plate injuries
Causes of fractures | Infants | Preschool children | School children | Adolescents | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Daily life injuries | 238 | 96.36% | 499 | 90.89% | 293 | 84.44% | 98 | 62.03% | 1128 | 86.70% |
 Falls | 7 | 2.83% | 69 | 12.57% | 114 | 32.85% | 67 | 42.41% | 257 | 19.75% |
 Crush injuries | 63 | 25.51% | 112 | 20.40% | 62 | 17.87% | 11 | 6.96% | 248 | 19.06% |
 Clipping | 124 | 50.20% | 222 | 40.44% | 71 | 20.46% | 11 | 6.96% | 428 | 32.90% |
 Furniture-related falls | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 1.28% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.69% |
 Sprains | 1 | 0.40% | 3 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.58% | 2 | 1.27% | 8 | 0.61% |
 Bunk bed falls | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.69% |
 Falls from height | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.58% | 1 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.31% |
 Cuts | 31 | 12.55% | 64 | 11.66% | 38 | 10.95% | 5 | 3.16% | 138 | 10.61% |
 Strains | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% |
 Twist injuries | 12 | 4.86% | 12 | 2.19% | 2 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 2.00% |
Road traffic injuries | 7 | 2.83% | 35 | 6.38% | 28 | 8.07% | 15 | 9.49% | 85 | 6.53% |
 Car accident injuries | 6 | 2.43% | 21 | 3.83% | 21 | 6.05% | 9 | 5.70% | 57 | 4.38% |
 Bicycle falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.86% | 5 | 3.16% | 8 | 0.61% |
 Bicycle-spoke injuries | 1 | 0.40% | 14 | 2.55% | 4 | 1.15% | 1 | 0.63% | 20 | 1.54% |
 Falls from vehicles | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
Sports injuries | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 1.82% | 22 | 6.34% | 42 | 26.58% | 74 | 5.69% |
 Single/parallel bar falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Basketball falls | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.18% | 7 | 2.02% | 27 | 17.09% | 35 | 2.69% |
 Falls while running | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.31% |
 Skateboard falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.58% | 1 | 0.63% | 3 | 0.23% |
 Soccer falls | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.86% | 4 | 2.53% | 8 | 0.61% |
 Kick injuries | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 1.73% | 7 | 4.43% | 13 | 1.00% |
 Falls during physical education activities | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.08% |
 Trampoline falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% |
 Balance bike falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 Dance falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% |
 Slide falls | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.23% |
 Ice skating falls | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% |
 Playground falls | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.15% |
 Taekwondo falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.15% |
 Jump rope falls | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
Abuse injuries | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% |
Unknown | 2 | 0.81% | 5 | 0.91% | 3 | 0.86% | 3 | 1.90% | 13 | 1.00% |
Total | 247 | 100.00% | 549 | 100.00% | 347 | 100.00% | 158 | 100.00% | 1301 | 100.00% |