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Table 1 Number of hand fractures, crude, and age-adjusted incidence rates (/100,000 person years) in boys, girls, and all children aged < 16 during six separate periods from 1950/1955 to 2005–2006

From: Hand fracture epidemiology and etiology in children—time trends in Malmö, Sweden, during six decades

Hand fractures in children aged < 16 in our city year 1950/1955 to 2005–2006

 

1950/1955

1960/1965

1970/1975

1976–1979

1993–1994

2005–2006

Number of fractures

All children

191

298

411

921

369

414

Boys

131

198

269

616

250

303

Girls

60

100

142

305

119

111

Crude incidence

All children

205

288

429

573

449

448

Boys

275

373

549

747

591

639

Girls

131

198

304

389

298

247

Age-adjusted incidence

All children

220

281

421

528

492

439

Boys

297

363

537

686

653

619

Girls

139

195

299

362

323

249