Appendix 8
Cause of the most serious injury, among people who sustained at least one activity-limiting
injury during the past 12 months, population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2009–2010
Total | Males | Females | ||||||||||
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Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | ||||
Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |||||||
Fall | 1,714 | 40.9 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 873 | 36.7 | 35.1 | 38.4 | 841 | 46.2 | 44.5 | 47.9 |
Overexertion or strenuous movement | 983 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 24.5 | 595 | 25.0 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 388 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 22.8 |
Struck or crushed by object(s) | 316 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 197 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 120 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
Contact with sharp object, tool or machine | 282 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 209 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 73 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
Bumped, pushed, bitten | 252 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 172 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 79 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
Transportation accident | 160 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 65 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 95 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
Other | 488 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 265 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 223 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 13.4 |
Source: Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey – Annual Component. 2009–2010 combined. |
Age 12 to 19 years | Age 20 to 64 years | Age 65 years or older | ||||||||||
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Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | Number '000 | Rate | 95% confidence interval | ||||
Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |||||||
Fall | 437 | 49.7 | 47.4 | 52.0 | 1,019 | 35.1 | 33.5 | 36.6 | 258 | 62.9 | 59.8 | 65.9 |
Overexertion or strenuous movement | 130 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 16.4 | 796 | 27.4 | 26.0 | 28.8 | 57 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 15.8 |
Struck or crushed by object(s) | 67 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 230 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 20 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
Contact with sharp object, tool or machine | 40 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 222 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 20 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 6.1 |
Bumped, pushed, bitten | 93 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 12.0 | 150 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 9 | 2.2E | 1.4 | 3.1 |
Transportation accident | 19 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 131 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
Other | 94 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 357 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 36 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 10.7 |
E – use with caution | ||||||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey – Annual Component. 2009–2010 combined. |
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