The epidemiology of childhood injury in Maputo, Mozambique

Table 2 Characteristics of injuries due to falls, burns, and road traffic events

Falls	Female		Male		Total
Falls	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	47	34.6	89	65.4	136	100.0
How did the fall occur
Fell when carried	5	10.6	4	4.5	9	6.60
Fell from height	13	27.7	22	24.7	35	25.8
Fell at ground level	17	36.2	32	36	49	36.0
Fell as a result of being pushed	8	17	13	14.6	21	15.4
Fell while playing sports	4	8.5	18	20.2	22	16.2
Place where fall occurred
At home	32	68.1	52	58.4	84	61.8
Public place	5	10.6	9	10.1	14	10.3
School	6	12.8	9	10.1	15	11.0
Commercial center	1	2.1	0	0	1	0.70
Field	2	4.3	0	0	2	1.50
Athletic/sporting facility	1	2.1	19	21.3	20	14.7
Person responsible for the fall
Patient	31	66	61	68.5	92	67.6
Parents	0	0	2	2.2	2	1.50
Family member	5	10.6	4	4.5	9	6.60
Acquaintance	6	12.8	10	11.2	16	11.8
Stranger	5	10.6	12	13.5	17	12.5
Intentionality
Unintentional	45	95.7	83	93.3	128	94.1
Intentional	2	4.3	6	6.7	8	5.90
Burns
Total	31	48.4	33	51.6	64	100.0
Cause of burn
Hot liquid	25	80.6	28	84.8	53	82.8
Fire	6	19.4	5	15.2	11	17.2
Person responsible for burn
Patient alone	21	67.7	19	57.6	40	62.5
Family member	1	3.2	2	6.1	3	4.7
Acquaintance	2	6.5	8	24.2	10	15.6
Stranger	7	22.6	4	12.1	11	17.2
Traffic-related injuries
Total	19	39.6	29	60.4	48	100
Type of traffic event
Collision between vehicles	2	10.5	7	24.1	9	18.8
Pedestrian struck by vehicle	17	89.5	22	75.9	39	81.2
Type of involvement
Pedestrian	17	89.5	24	82.8	41	85.4
Passenger	2	10.5	5	17.2	7	14.6
Type of vehicle involved
Minibus	11	57.9	12	41.4	23	47.9
Private car	8	42.1	14	48.3	22	45.8
Bicycle/motorbike	0	0	3	10.3	3	6.3

ISSN: 1865-1380