Table 3: Injury mechanisms of children based on NEDIS data in 2009 (unit:frequencies, (%))
*Traffic Accidents include by car, bicycles, motorcycles, pedestrians, and unspecified
**others: chocking, hanging, sexual violence and electric shock, etc.
| (0≤age≤6) | (7≤age≤14) |
Traffic Accidents* | 138 (4.1) | 136 (10.1) |
Falls/Slips | 931 (27.3) | 362 (27) |
Burns | 153 (4.5) | 22 (1.6) |
Cut/pierce(sharp object) | 396 (11.6) | 151 (11.2) |
Machine injury | 4 (0.12) | 5(0.37) |
(neary)Drowning | 2(0.05) | 2(0.15) |
Poisoning/intoxication | 63 (1.8) | 15 (1.1) |
Struck by person or object | 1,163 (34.1) | 439 (32.7) |
Others** | 557 (16.3) | 211 (15.7) |
Total | 3,407 (100) | 1,343 (100) |