Unintentional Injuries among School-Aged Children in Palestine: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2006)
Table 2
Distribution of students reporting medically attended injuries during the past 12 months by number of injuries, activity context, and selected sociodemographic variables.
Number of injuries
Treated by cast, stitches, operation, or overnight hospitalization
Lost days of activity
Activity context
Injured 1
Injured >1
P value
P value
P value
Biking
Sport
Walking/running
Fighting
Work
Other
P value
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Grade
6th
1117 (26.2)
1260 (29.5)
<0.001
422 (39.2)
<0.001
964 (45.7)
<0.001
1131 (47.6)
267 (11.2)
656 (27.6)
109 (4.6)
47 (2.0)
167 (7.0)
<0.001
8th
1149 (27.9)
1028 (25)
361 (33.7)
842 (43.2)
966 (44.4)
288 (13.2)
643 (29.5)
79 (3.6)
35 (1.6)
166 (7.6)
10th
927 (22.5)
738 (17.9)
230 (32.1)
601 (41.3)
643 (38.6)
202 (12.1)
580 (34.8)
73 (4.4)
30 (1.8)
137 (8.2)
12th
822 (23.7)
551 (15.9)
203 (29.4)
418 (36.5)
613 (44.6)
160 (11.7)
408 (29.7)
53 (3.9)
32 (2.3)
107 (7.8)
Total
4015 (25.2)
3577 (22.4)
1216 (34.2)
2825 (42.4)
3353 (44.2)
917 (12.1)
2287 (30.1)
314 (4.1)
144 (1.9)
577 (7.6)
Gender
Male
1976 (26.2)
2060 (27.3)
<0.001
757 (40.2)
<0.001
1669 (47.2)
<0.001
1870 (46.3)
476 (11.8)
1130 (28.0)
177 (4.4)
92 (2.3)
291 (7.2)
<0.001
Female
2039 (24.2)
1547 (17.9)
459 (27.5)
1156 (37.0)
1483 (41.7)
441 (12.4)
1157 (32.5)
137 (3.9)
52 (1.5)
286 (8.0)
Total
4015 (25.2)
3577 (22.4)
1216 (34.2)
2825 (42.4)
3353 (44.2)
917 (12.1)
2287 (30.1)
314 (4.1)
144 (1.9)
577 (7.6)
Region
West Bank
2221 (24.5)
1989 (21.9)
0.002
666 (34.0)
0.780
1565 (42.2)
<0.001
1836 (43.6)
512 (12.2)
1257 (29.9)
189 (4.5)
86 (2.0)
330 (7.8)
0.352
Gaza Strip
1794 (26.1)
1588 (23.1)
550 (34.5)
1260 (42.7)
1517 (44.9)
405 (12.0)
1030 (30.5)
125 (3.7)
58 (1.7)
247 (7.3)
Total
4015 (25.2)
3577 (22.4)
1216 (34.2)
2825 (42.4)
3353 (44.2)
917 (12.1)
2287 (30.1)
314 (4.1)
144 (1.9)
577 (7.6)
School ownership
Private
303 (24.4)
268 (21.5)
<0.001
915 (33.2)
0.045
2187 (42.2)
0.001
280 (49.0)
62 (10.9)
153 (26.8)
25 (4.4)
9 (1.6)
42 (7.4)
<0.001
Government
3148 (24.8)
2731 (21.5)
192 (37.4)
460 (45.1)
2502 (42.6)
729 (12.4)
1830 (31.1)
252 (4.3)
124 (2.1)
442 (7.5)
UNRWA*
564 (27.8)
578 (28.4)
109 (38.8)
178 (39.1)
571 (50.0)
126 (11.0)
304 (26.6)
37 (3.2)
11 (1.0)
93 (8.1)
Total
4015 (25.2)
3577 (22.4)
1216 (34.2)
2825 (42.4)
3353 (44.2)
917 (12.1)
2287 (30.1)
314 (4.1)
144 (1.9)
577 (7.6)
FAS**
Low
2345 (24.7)
1942 (20.4)
<0.001
650 (32.8)
<0.001
1521 (39.7)
0.008
1915 (44.7)
507 (11.8)
1307 (30.5)
169 (3.9)
73 (1.7)
316 (7.4)
0.648
Moderate
818 (25.1)
824 (25.4)
284 (37.0)
674 (45.4)
733 (44.6)
202 (12.3)
468 (28.5)
78 (4.8)
38 (2.3)
123 (7.4)
High
363 (24.2)
417 (27. 7)
146 (40.1)
327 (45.9)
343 (44.0)
92 (11.8)
229 (29.4)
32 (4.1)
17 (2.2)
67 (8.6)
Total
3526 (24.7)
3183 (22.3)
1080 (34.7)
2522 (41.8)
2991 (44.6)
801 (11.9)
2004 (29.9)
279 (4.2)
128 (1.9)
506 (7.5)
UNRWA: United Nation Relief Working Agency.
**FAS: Family Affluence Scale. Chi-square test.
