Number and proportion of children who had a CT scan and CT findings by age
| Children age (years) | No. children who had CT scan | Minor HI* | Isolated skull fracture | ICI with/without skull fracture | CT scan stated as abnormal but no results given | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 100 | 545 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 603 |
| 16.4% | 90.4% | 6.0% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 34% | |
| 1 | 69 | 408 | 14 | 5† | 1 | 429† |
| 16.1% | 95.1% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 24.2% | |
| 2 | 42 | 239 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 250 |
| 16.8% | 95.6% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 14.1%% | |
| 3 | 50 | 192 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 199 |
| 25.1% | 96.5% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 11.2% | |
| 4 | 41 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 152 |
| 27.0% | 95.4% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 8.6% | |
| 5 | 40 | 135 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 142 |
| 28.2% | 95.1% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 8.0% | |
| Total | 342 | 1664 | 58 | 47 | 4 | 1775 |
| 19.3% | 93.7% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 100.0% |
*Minor head injury defined when a CT scan was performed with a ‘normal’ result or no CT was performed but the GCS/AVPU score was GCS=15/alert.
†Two 1 year olds died, one died before having a CT scan and one had ICI on CT.
AVPU, alert, voice, pain, unresponsive; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; HI, head injury; ICI, intracranial injury.