Accident descriptive variables of the 57 children with femoral fracture and the 4162 same age other orthopaedic injury patients presenting to the participating emergency departments
| Femoral fracture | Other orthopaedic injuries | ||||
| Variable | n | % | n | % | |
| Season | |||||
| Winter | 8 | 14.1 | 831 | 20.0 | |
| Spring | 13 | 22.8 | 1117 | 26.8 | |
| Summer | 17 | 29.8 | 1109 | 26.6 | |
| Autumn | 19 | 33.3 | 1105 | 26.6 | |
| Day | |||||
| Weekday | 33 | 57.9 | 2737 | 65.8 | |
| Weekend | 24 | 42.1 | 1425 | 34.2 | |
| Delay of seeking care | |||||
| ⩽2 days | 53 | 93.0 | 3926 | 94.3 | |
| 3+ days | 4 | 7.0 | 236 | 5.7 | |
| Time | |||||
| Family at home (1600–2159) | 35 | 61.4 | 2107 | 50.6 | |
| Sleeping or working (2200–1559) | 22 | 38.6 | 2055 | 49.4 | |
| Mechanism of injury | |||||
| Falls | 44 | 77.2 | 1663 | 40.0 | |
| Struck accidentally by object or person | 2 | 3.5 | 384 | 9.2 | |
| Overexertion, strenuous movements, etc | 11 | 19.3 | 2115 | 50.8 | |
| Place | |||||
| Home | 33 | 57.9 | 3055 | 73.4 | |
| Other than home | 10 | 17.5 | 636 | 15.3 | |
| Inadequate information | 14 | 24.6 | 471 | 11.3 | |
| Number of injuries | |||||
| 1 | 52 | 91.2 | 3980 | 95.5 | |
| 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 163 | 4.0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1.8 | 19 | 0.5 | |
| Treatment | |||||
| Treated and followed up | 16 | 28.1 | 4015 | 96.5 | |
| Hospitalised | 39 | 68.4 | 140 | 3.3 | |
| Refused admission to hospital | 2 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.2 | |