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Table 2 Characteristics of injury

From: The Relationship between Injury and Socioeconomic Status in Reference to the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Variables

Categories

Number (%)

Any injury

No

11,040 (93.3)

 

Yes

797 (6.7)

Occupational injury

No

11,547 (97.6)

 

Yes

290 (2.4)

Proportion of occupational injuries among all injuries

No

507 (63.6)

 

Yes

290 (36.4)

Nature of injury

Transport accident

296 (37.4)

 

Fall

76 (9.6)

 

Slip

150 (19.0)

 

Collision

115 (14.5)

 

Laceration

15 (1.9)

 

Stab/amputation

38 (4.8)

 

Machinery accident

21 (2.7)

 

Burn

8 (1.0)

 

Poisoning

33 (4.2)

 

Others

39 (4.9)

Treatment type

Emergency room

170 (21.8)

 

Ambulatory care

356 (45.6)

 

Hospital admission

255 (32.7)

Injury intention

Unexpected accident

772 (99.0)

 

Intentional self-injury

5 (0.6)

 

Violence by other people

3 (0.4)