Distribution of injuries by age-group, sex and mechanism of injury among children attending emergency of hospitals in Makwanpur district, Nepal, April 2019 – March 2020
| Age groups & Sex | 0 - 4 years | 5 - 9 years | 10–14 years | 15–17 years | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intent & mechanisms | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Unintentional | |||||||
| Fall | 239 (26.2) | 328 (36.0) | 249 (27.3) | 96 (10.5) | 636 (69.7) | 276 (30.3) | 912 (100) |
| Animal or insect related | 175 (24.0) | 260 (35.7) | 190 (26.1) | 103 (14.1) | 470 (64.6) | 258 (35.4) | 728 (100) |
| Road traffic injury | 49 (13.8) | 108 (30.3) | 86 (24.2) | 113 (31.7) | 223 (62.6) | 133 (37.4) | 356 (100) |
| Injured by a blunt force | 54 (26.9) | 74 (36.8) | 49 (24.4) | 24 (11.9) | 150 (74.6) | 51 (25.4) | 201 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 20 (11.4) | 56 (31.8) | 49 (27.8) | 51 (29.0) | 127 (72.2) | 49 (27.8) | 176 (100) |
| Fire, burn or scald | 42 (64.6) | 10 (15.4) | 9 (13.8) | 4 (6.2) | 27 (41.5) | 38 (58.5) | 65 (100) |
| Poisoning | 33 (63.5) | 6 (11.5) | 5 (9.6) | 8 (15.4) | 26 (50.0) | 26 (50.0) | 52 (100) |
| Suffocation/choking | 24 (66.7) | 5 (13.9) | 2 (5.6) | 5 (13.9) | 20 (55.6) | 16 (44.4) | 36 (100) |
| Electrocution | 2 (15.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (25.0) | 7 (58.3) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 12 (100) |
| Drowning and submersion | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (42.9) | 2 (28.6) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 7 (100) |
| Other | 6 (46.2) | 4 (30.8) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | 13 (100) |
| Unknown | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) |
| Total | 647 (25.3) | 852 (33.3) | 648 (25.3) | 413 (16.1) | 1702 (66.5) | 858 (33.5) | 2560 (100) |
| Self-harm | |||||||
| Poisoning | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (15.8) | 32 (84.2) | 7 (18.4) | 31 (81.6) | 38 (100) |
| Hanging | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.0) | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | 12 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 6 (100) |
| Injured by blunt object | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) |
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) |
| Total | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.3) | 13 (21.3) | 46 (75.4) | 17 (27.9) | 44 (72.1) | 61 (100) |
| Assault | |||||||
| Bodily force (physical violence) | 3 (7.0) | 1 (2.3) | 11 (25.6) | 28 (65.1) | 37 (86.0) | 6 (14.0) | 43 (100) |
| Injured by blunt object | 2 (11.1) | 8 (44.4) | 4 (22.2) | 4 (22.2) | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 18 (100) |
| Stabbed, cut or pierced | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25.0) | 5 (62.5) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 8 (100) |
| Pushing from a high place | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) |
| Poisoning | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) |
| Sexual assault | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) |
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) |
| Total | 6 (8.0) | 12 (16.0) | 19 (25.3) | 38 (50.7) | 59 (78.7) | 16 (21.3) | 75 (100) |