The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 2: children

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on child health.


Table 2.2 Number of accidents in twelve months prior to interview, 2009 and 2011 combined, by age and sex

Aged 0-15 2009 and 2011 combined
Number of accidents and accident rate Age Total
0-1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15
% % % % % % % % %
Boys
0 91 86 90 87 89 83 73 74 84
1 8 12 9 11 11 13 21 20 13
2 1 2 1 2 - 3 5 3 2
3+ - 1 - 0 - 1 2 3 1
Accident rate per 100 persons 10 17 11 16 11 22 36 37 20
Standard error of the accident rate 2.6 3.7 2.7 4.1 2.7 4.5 5.8 5.8 1.6
Girls
0 92 81 88 88 87 88 90 87 88
1 8 19 12 11 11 10 7 11 11
2 0 0 - 1 1 2 2 1 1
3+ - - - - 1 - 1 1 0
Accident rate per 100 persons 9 19 12 12 15 14 13 16 14
Standard error of the accident rate 2.1 3.9 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.7 1.1
All children
0 91 83 89 88 88 85 82 80 86
1 8 15 11 11 11 12 14 16 12
2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1
3+ - 0 - 0 0 0 1 2 1
Accident rate per 100 persons 10 18 12 14 13 18 24 27 17
Standard error of the accident rate 1.8 2.7 1.9 2.7 2.3 2.8 3.6 3.6 1.0
Bases (weighted):
Boys 170 162 169 163 132 171 163 158 1288
Girls 175 151 143 136 157 162 168 140 1232
All children 345 313 312 298 289 333 331 298 2520
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 164 156 170 169 141 167 159 164 1290
Girls 179 163 150 128 148 157 164 141 1230
All children 343 319 320 297 289 324 323 305 2520

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