Distribution of injuries by outcome and mechanism of injury among children attending emergency of hospitals in Makwanpur district, Nepal, April 2019 – March 2020
| Outcome of injury | Discharged | Admitted | Transferred | Died | LAMA | Unknown | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intent & mechanisms | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Unintentional | |||||||
| Fall | 787 (86.5) | 65 (7.1) | 53 (5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 910 (100) |
| Animal/insect bite/sting | 704 (96.7) | 3 (0.4) | 19 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 728 (100) |
| Road traffic injury | 260 (73.0) | 47 (13.2) | 44 (12.4) | 5 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 356 (100) |
| Injured by a blunt force | 190 (94.5) | 4 (2.0) | 6 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 201 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 165 (93.8) | 8 (4.5) | 3 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 176 (100) |
| Fire, burn or scald | 52 (80.0) | 12 (18.5) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 65 (100) |
| Poisoning | 30 (57.7) | 4 (7.7) | 16 (30.8) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 52 (100) |
| Suffocation/choking/asphyxia | 24 (66.7) | 4 (11.1) | 6 (16.7) | 1 (2.8) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (100) |
| Electrocution | 7 (58.3) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100) |
| Drowning and submersion | 4 (57.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100) |
| Other | 12 (92.3) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100) |
| Unknown | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
| Total | 2237 (87.5) | 150 (5.9) | 150 (5.9) | 11 (0.4) | 8 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 2558 (100) |
| Self-harm | |||||||
| Poisoning | 5 (13.2) | 8 (21.1) | 23 (60.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 38 (100) |
| Hanging | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 10 (83.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) |
| Injured by blunt object | 4 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) |
| Other | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) |
| Total | 17 (27.9) | 8 (13.1) | 24 (39.3) | 10 (16.4) | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 61 (100) |
| Assault | |||||||
| Bodily force (physical violence) | 34 (79.1) | 5 (11.6) | 3 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 43 (100) |
| Injured by blunt object | 18 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 6 (75.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100) |
| Pushing from a high place | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
| Poisoning | 1 (50) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
| Sexual assault | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) |
| Other | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) |
| Total | 63 (84.0) | 6 (8.0) | 5 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 75 (100) |