Table 1 Hospitalization rates by injury type and gender in preschool and school-aged children; Veneto Region, 2007-2009

Intracranial injury (850–854)

108.2

85.1

83.2

40.0

Fracture of upper limb (810–819)

112.9

249.9

87.4

122.3

Fracture of lower limb (820–829)

61.2

84.6

30.1

46.8

Contusion with skin intact (920–924)

23.6

19.7

15.3

8.3

Fracture of skull (800–804)

25.9

38.5

16.2

14.3

Toxic effects of substances (980–989)

31.2

6.9

16.8

6.0

Complications and unspecified injuries (958–959)

24.8

31.5

25.1

13.9

Poisonings (960–979)

32.0

2.6

18.3

2.9

Burns (940–949)

34.8

6.6

26.9

4.4

Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870–879)

56.2

16.4

34.8

10.4

Effects of foreign body entering orifice (930–939)

50.6

12.6

40.4

7.9

Internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis (860–869)

9.2

20.6

4.7

7.9

Open wound of upper limb (880–887)

20.6

12.9

10.0

4.4

Sprains and strains (840–848)

4.5

12.2

3.0

6.2

Fracture of neck and trunk (805–809)

0.3

9.8

1.2

7.2

Dislocation (830–839)

1.7

5.8

2.4

6.8

Open wound of lower limb (890–897)

4.7

6.2

3.5

3.1

Other unspecified (990–994)

5.8

2.0

0.9

1.0

Superficial injury (910–919)

5.3

4.7

5.6

2.3

Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950–957)

2.8

5.1

2.7

1.5

Injury to blood vessels (900–904)

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.0

Crushing injury (925–929)

3.1

2.2

3.0

1.5

Total

619.2

636.6

431.8

319.4