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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000

Variable Details

Variableaccinje1
LabelMC:injuries received from most recent accident
Question text What injuries did you receive from this incident? Response 1.
Responses
1 Fracture: skull & face bones 147
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 142
3 Fracture: upper limb 135
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 310
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 420
6 Fractures: multiple 17
7 Fractures: unspecified 9
8 Dislocated: jaw 1
9 Dislocated: upper limb 74
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 25
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 30
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 59
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 78
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 651
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 875
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 58
18 Concussion 116
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 5
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 52
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 6
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 17
23 Internal injuries: other 20
24 Open wound: eye 69
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 338
26 Open would: trunk 15
27 Open wound: upper limb 64
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 528
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 165
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 100
31 Amputation: arm (above elbow) 1
32 Amputation: hand, fingers 13
33 Amputation: lower limb 0
34 Amputation: toes 1
35 Superficial injury: face, scalp, neck 20
36 Superficial injury: eye 47
37 Superficial injury: trunk 5
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 13
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 35
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 27
41 Superficial injury: other 18
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 51
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 35
44 Contusion: trunk 62
45 Contusion: upper limb 36
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 30
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 98
48 Contusion: other 112
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 3
50 Crushing: trunk 3
51 Crushing: upper limb 3
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 28
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 14
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 1
55 Foreign body: on eye 68
56 Foreign body: in ear 0
57 Foreign body: in throat, windpipe, lung 1
58 Foreign body: mouth, digestive tract 2
59 Foreign body: rectum, anus, geni tract 0
60 Foreign body: other/unspecified 5
61 Burns only to: eye, eyelid, eye area 13
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 18
63 Bruns only to: trunk 7
64 Burns only to: upper limb 26
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 48
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 41
67 Burns: multiple 4
68 Burns: unspecified 23
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 1
70 Injury: spinal cord 6
71 Injury: trunk nerves 6
72 Injury: upper limb nerves 7
73 Injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb nerves 5
74 Injury: hip, lower limb nerves 5
75 Injury: other/multiple nerves 3
76 Early complications of truama 52
77 Injury: other, unspecified 477
78 Poisoning: drugs 1
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 0
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 2
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 2
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 4
98 Dont know 1
99 Not answered 80
998 Dont know 1
999 Not answered 1
Sysmiss 5169
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsINTERVIEWER PROBE FULLY AND ENTER VERBATIM.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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