{"slug": "annual-report-of-accidents-and-injuries-2009", "title": "Annual Report for Accidents & Injuries 2009 \u200b", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/annual_report_of__accidents_and_injuries_2009.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/resources/injury-reports/", "group": "Resource", "topic": "Injury Reports", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Females by Males, Total", "header": ["", "Females", "%F", "Males", "%M", "Total", "%T"], "rows": [["Home", "170", "18.2", "191", "20.4", "361", "38.7"], ["Residential Institution", "0", "0.0", "1", "0.1", "1", "0.1"], ["Medical Service Area", "1", "0.1", "0", "0.0", "1", "0.1"], ["School, Educational Area", "15", "1.6", "23", "2.5", "38", "4.1"], ["Sports and Athletics Area", "5", "0.5", "87", "9.3", "92", "9.9"], ["Transport Area: Public Highway, Street or Road83", "", "8.9", "177", "19.0", "260", "27.8"], ["Transport Area: Other", "3", "0.3", "0", "0.0", "3", "0.3"], ["Industrial or Consrtuction Area", "3", "0.3", "53", "5.7", "56", "6.0"], ["Farm or Other Place of Primary Production", "2", "0.2", "18", "1.9", "20", "2.1"], ["Recreational Area, Cultural Area, or Public Buildin", "2", "0.2", "9", "1.0", "11", "1.2"], ["Commercial Area (Non-recreational)", "7", "0.7", "13", "1.4", "20", "2.1"], ["Countryside", "28", "3.0", "43", "4.6", "71", "7.6"], ["Grand Total", "319", "34.2", "615", "65.8", "934", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Threat to breathing", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Blunt Force", "16.78%", "28.76%", "45.54%"], ["Exposure to chemical or other substance", "0.56%", "0.88%", "1.44%"], ["Other Mechanical Force", "0.19%", "0.70%", "0.88%"], ["Other specified mechanism of injury", "2.46%", "15.89%", "18.36%"], ["Physical over-exertion", "3.07%", "6.18%", "9.25%"], ["Piecing/Penetrating Force", "7.30%", "14.64%", "21.93%"], ["Thermal Mechanism", "1.07%", "1.39%", "2.46%"], ["Threat to breathing", "0.00%", "0.14%", "0.14%"], ["Grand Total", "31.41%", "68.59%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Age by Grand Total", "header": ["Age", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["0 - 17 yrs", "5.37%", "14.09%", "19.46%"], ["16 - 34 yrs", "10.74%", "24.16%", "34.90%"], ["35 - 64 yrs", "8.05%", "27.52%", "35.57%"], ["65 yrs +", "2.68%", "6.71%", "9.40%"], ["unknown", "0.00%", "0.67%", "0.67%"], ["Grand Total", "26.85%", "73.15%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Grand Total", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Being taken care of", "0.33%", "0.00%", "0.33%"], ["Education", "0.49%", "1.15%", "1.64%"], ["Leisure or play", "7.40%", "14.14%", "21.55%"], ["Other specified activity", "7.24%", "9.54%", "16.78%"], ["Paid Work", "1.81%", "15.13%", "16.94%"], ["Sports and exercise during leisure time", "2.14%", "17.27%", "19.41%"], ["Travelling not elsewhere classified", "0.82%", "1.64%", "2.47%"], ["Unpaid Work", "3.62%", "8.22%", "11.84%"], ["Unspecified activity", "0.66%", "0.99%", "1.64%"], ["Vital activity", "3.13%", "4.28%", "7.40%"], ["Grand Total", "27.63%", "72.37%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Grand Total", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Body part, other and unknown", "0.50%", "0.87%", "1.37%"], ["Head", "7.02%", "21.29%", "28.31%"], ["Lower extremities", "12.37%", "18.49%", "30.86%"], ["Multiple body parts", "0.75%", "1.09%", "1.83%"], ["Neck, throat", "0.81%", "1.21%", "2.02%"], ["Trunk", "2.27%", "5.03%", "7.30%"], ["Upper extremities", "9.48%", "18.83%", "28.31%"], ["Grand Total", "33.19%", "66.81%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Grand Total", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Abrasion", "1.58%", "2.76%", "4.34%"], ["Burns,scalds", "1.15%", "2.73%", "3.87%"], ["Concussion", "0.10%", "0.20%", "0.30%"], ["Consequences of foreign body entering through natural orifice", "1.92%", "11.35%", "13.27%"], ["Contusion, bruise", "14.95%", "26.47%", "41.43%"], ["Corrosion (chemical)", "0.03%", "0.13%", "0.17%"], ["Crushing injury", "0.00%", "0.37%", "0.37%"], ["Distorsion, sprain", "2.86%", "4.88%", "7.75%"], ["Electrocution", "0.00%", "0.07%", "0.07%"], ["Fracture", "2.69%", "3.03%", "5.73%"], ["Injury to blood vessels", "0.03%", "0.07%", "0.10%"], ["Injury to internal organs", "0.03%", "0.00%", "0.03%"], ["Injury to muscle and tendon", "0.00%", "0.03%", "0.03%"], ["Luxation, dislocation", "0.17%", "0.20%", "0.37%"], ["No injury diagnosed", "0.24%", "0.17%", "0.40%"], ["Open wound", "4.55%", "10.85%", "15.39%"], ["Other specified brain injury", "0.03%", "0.03%", "0.07%"], ["Other specified type of injury", "0.17%", "0.44%", "0.61%"], ["Poisoning", "0.34%", "0.24%", "0.57%"], ["Radiation (sunlight, X-rays)", "0.00%", "0.13%", "0.13%"], ["Stings", "1.62%", "2.12%", "3.74%"], ["Suffocation(asphyxia)", "0.20%", "0.57%", "0.77%"], ["Traumatic amputation", "0.07%", "0.27%", "0.34%"], ["Unspecified type of injury", "0.10%", "0.03%", "0.13%"], ["Grand Total", "32.84%", "67.16%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Grand Total", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Animal, plant, or person", "7.03%", "11.38%", "18.41%"], ["Appliance mainly used in household", "0.23%", "0.69%", "0.92%"], ["Building, building component, or related fitting", "8.79%", "10.47%", "19.25%"], ["Equipment mainly used for sports/recreational activity", "0.31%", "1.15%", "1.45%"], ["Fire,flame,or smoke", "0.23%", "0.46%", "0.69%"], ["Food or drink", "0.84%", "0.92%", "1.76%"], ["Furniture/furnishing", "0.53%", "0.99%", "1.53%"], ["Ground surface or surface conformation", "1.60%", "3.59%", "5.19%"], ["Hot objects/substance nec", "0.92%", "0.61%", "1.53%"], ["Infant or child product", "0.15%", "0.38%", "0.53%"], ["Item mainly for personal use", "0.76%", "0.92%", "1.68%"], ["Land vehicle or means of land transport", "1.68%", "3.59%", "5.27%"], ["Material nec", "4.89%", "14.90%", "19.79%"], ["Mobile machinery or special purpose vehicle", "0.00%", "0.23%", "0.23%"], ["No object involved", "1.99%", "4.28%", "6.26%"], ["Other non-pharmaceutical chemical sustance", "0.61%", "1.30%", "1.91%"], ["Other specified object/substance", "0.15%", "3.90%", "4.05%"], ["Pharmaceutical substance for human use, i.e. drug,medicine", "0.15%", "0.38%", "0.53%"], ["Tool,machine,apparaus mainly used for work-related activity", "0.76%", "5.04%", "5.81%"], ["Utensil or container", "0.46%", "2.37%", "2.83%"], ["Watercraft or means of water transport", "0.08%", "0.08%", "0.15%"], ["Weapon", "0.00%", "0.23%", "0.23%"], ["Grand Total", "32.16%", "67.84%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Grand Total", "header": ["", "F", "M", "Grand Total"], "rows": [["Deceased before arrival/deceased at Emergency Department", "0.03%", "0.17%", "0.20%"], ["Deceased during hospitalisation", "0.03%", "0.03%", "0.07%"], ["Examined and sent home without treatment", "0.30%", "0.30%", "0.60%"], ["Sent home after treatment", "24.21%", "51.01%", "75.22%"], ["Transferred to another hospital", "0.00%", "0.07%", "0.07%"], ["Treated and admitted to this hospital", "3.62%", "4.99%", "8.61%"], ["Treated and referred for further treatment as an outpatient", "0.03%", "0.10%", "0.13%"], ["Treated and referred to general practioner for further treatment", "4.56%", "10.48%", "15.03%"], ["Unknown", "0.03%", "0.03%", "0.07%"], ["Grand Total", "32.82%", "67.18%", "100.00%"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Deceased before arrival/deceased at Emergency Department", "header": ["Deceased before arrival/deceased at Emergency Department", "", ""], "rows": [["Deceased before arrival/deceased at Emergency Department", "", ""], ["Deceased during hospitalisation", "", ""], ["Examined and sent home without treatment", "", ""], ["Sent home after treatment", "", ""], ["Transferred to another hospital", "", ""], ["Treated and admitted to this hospital", "", ""], ["Treated and referred for further treatment as an outpatient", "", ""], ["Treated and referred to general practioner for further treatment", "", ""], ["", "", "Unknown"]]}]}