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Appendix
Table A9: Number of persons aged 5 to 12 years hospitalised for injuries sustained in bicycle crashes by nature of injury
Nature of InjuryYear
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
Total
Skull fractures 12
9
10
13
16
17
12
16
7
8
7
6
6
3
7
149
Facial 23
23
17
19
30
19
28
22
23
22
30
24
26
26
27
359
Intracranial 113
120
112
96
114
90
71
82
60
65
74
41
62
42
71
1213
Other head 5
3
4
7
1
3
3
6
3
6
3
2
2
2
0
50
Spinal 0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
Lower limb fractures 26
27
29
24
17
21
20
21
31
23
16
29
23
27
14
348
Upper limb fractures 55
64
42
50
35
37
41
35
46
48
86
77
93
72
89
870
All other fractures 0
2
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
1
13
Dislocations/sprains 2
4
4
1
1
3
2
1
1
3
1
1
3
3
3
33
Superficial 40
38
52
21
46
32
45
45
43
34
42
35
33
39
33
578
Internal 11
11
7
7
7
6
5
6
4
11
5
5
3
3
3
94
Other 8
11
12
8
16
16
12
8
20
14
11
7
9
14
16
182
Total 295
313
289
246
285
248
239
242
240
236
278
228
260
232
264
3895
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