Table 4: Injury mechanismsof children based on NEDIS data in 2013 (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* | 170 (6.5) | 299 (17.1) |
Falls/Slips | 889 (33.8) | 501 (28.7) |
Burns | 106 (4.0) | 47 (2.7) |
Cut/pierce(sharp object) | 209 (8) | 190 (10.9) |
Machine injury | 6(0.23) | 0(0) |
(neary )Drowning | 4(0.15) | 1(0) |
Poisoning/intoxication | 27 (1.0) | 10 (0.6) |
Struck by person or object | 638 (24.3) | 370 (21.2) |
Others** | 578 (22.0) | 330 (18.9) |
Total | 2,627 (100.0) | 1,748 (100.0) |