Epidemiologic Features of Traumatic Fractures in Children and Adolescents: A 9-Year Retrospective Study

Table 3

The epidemiology of TFs according to different genders and whether presented with neurological deficit.

Groups	Genders		Neurological deficit
	Male	Female	With	Without
Total	1808	642#	463	1987#
Incidence per 100000 HA	193.1	68.6#	49.4	212.2#
Sex ratio	1808/0	0/642#	341/122	1467/520
Mean age	11.5 ± 4.9	10.1 ± 5.1#	11.8 ± 5.1	11.0 ± 4.9#
Age range
≤6	356 (19.7)	200 (31.2) #	93 (20.1)	463 (23.3)
6-12	577 (31.9)	210 (32.7)	140 (30.2)	647 (32.6)
12-18	875 (48.4)	232 (36.1) #	230 (49.7)	877 (44.1) #
Year range
2002-2004	299 (16.5)	94 (14.6)	71 (15.3)	322 (16.2)
2005-2007	660 (36.5)	233 (36.3)	157 (33.9)	736 (37.0)
2008-2010	849 (47.0)	315 (49.1)	235 (50.8)	929 (46.8)
Aetiologies
Low fall	791 (43.8)	251 (39.1) #	98 (21.2)	944 (47.5) #
MVCs	493 (27.3)	235 (36.6) #	199 (43.0)	529 (26.6) #
High fall	248 (13.7)	102 (15.9)	130 (28.1)	220 (11.1) #
Struck by object	88 (4.9)	13 (2.0) #	7 (1.5)	94 (4.7) #
Hit by others	68 (3.8)	6 (0.9) #	14 (3.0)	60 (3.0)
Sprain	43 (2.4)	6 (0.9) #	3 (0.6)	46 (2.3) #
Mechanical injury	40 (2.2)	8 (1.2)	9 (1.9)	39 (2.0)
Others	37 (2.0)	21 (3.3)	3 (0.6)	55 (2.8) #
Fracture sites	1808	642
ULF	841 (46.5)	227 (35.4) #	146 (31.5)	922 (46.4) #
LLF	650 (36.0)	275 (42.8) #	126 (27.2)	799 (40.2) #
CFF	382 (21.1)	156 (24.3)	231 (49.9)	307 (15.5) #
SF	82 (4.5)	48 (7.5) #	63 (13.6)	67 (3.4) #
RSF	18 (1.0)	12 (1.9)	13 (2.8)	17 (0.9) #
ND	341 (18.9)	122 (19.0)	463 (100.0)	0 #

ULF: upper limb fracture; LLF: lower limb fracture; CFF: craniofacial fracture; SF: spinal fracture; RSF: fracture of rib and sternum; ND: neurological deficit.
#: significant difference compared to male patients or to patients with neurological deficits