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 | |||||||
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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 |