Table 1 Distribution of injuries and type of animal within age categories
Description | Age categories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<12 years | 13–20 | 21–60 | >60 | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Total | 5886 | 2340 | 9212 | 1683 | |||||
Gender | Male | 3412 | 58 | 1311 | 56 | 4912 | 53 | 885 | 53 |
Female | 2474 | 42 | 1029 | 44 | 4300 | 47 | 798 | 47 | |
Level of injury | Major | 2090 | 36 | 862 | 37 | 3519 | 38 | 709 | 42 |
Minor | 3784 | 64 | 1477 | 63 | 5672 | 62 | 972 | 58 | |
Type of injury | Bite | 4878 | 83 | 2066 | 88 | 4831 | 52 | 1587 | 94 |
Scratch | 999 | 17 | 269 | 11 | 744 | 8 | 94 | 6 | |
Type of animal | Dog | 4078 | 69 | 1619 | 69 | 6709 | 73 | 1311 | 78 |
Cat | 1621 | 28 | 588 | 25 | 2092 | 23 | 319 | 19 | |
Other/Wild animals | 182 | 3 | 131 | 6 | 368 | 4 | 48 | 3 | |