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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaccinje2
LabelMC:injuries received from most recent accident
Question text What injuries did you receive from this incident? Response 2.
Responses
1 Fracture: skull & face bones 22
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 29
3 Fracture: upper limb 20
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 24
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 26
6 Fractures: multiple 2
7 Fractures: unspecified 2
8 Dislocated: jaw 2
9 Dislocated: upper limb 4
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 1
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 7
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 17
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 8
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 34
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 54
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 8
18 Concussion 40
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 6
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 11
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 6
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 1
23 Internal injuries: other 8
24 Open wound: eye 8
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 63
26 Open would: trunk 5
27 Open wound: upper limb 10
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 19
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 20
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 42
31 Amputation: arm (above elbow) 0
32 Amputation: hand, fingers 0
33 Amputation: lower limb 0
34 Amputation: toes 0
35 Superficial injury: face, scalp, neck 9
36 Superficial injury: eye 4
37 Superficial injury: trunk 2
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 10
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 3
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 9
41 Superficial injury: other 12
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 47
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 24
44 Contusion: trunk 34
45 Contusion: upper limb 15
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 11
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 34
48 Contusion: other 111
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 0
50 Crushing: trunk 1
51 Crushing: upper limb 0
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 2
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 0
55 Foreign body: on eye 1
56 Foreign body: in ear 0
57 Foreign body: in throat, windpipe, lung 1
58 Foreign body: mouth, digestive tract 0
59 Foreign body: rectum, anus, geni tract 0
60 Foreign body: other/unspecified 0
61 Burns only to: eye, eyelid, eye area 0
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 1
63 Bruns only to: trunk 2
64 Burns only to: upper limb 5
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 4
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 1
67 Burns: multiple 0
68 Burns: unspecified 0
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 0
70 Injury: spinal cord 1
71 Injury: trunk nerves 0
72 Injury: upper limb nerves 6
73 Injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb nerves 1
74 Injury: hip, lower limb nerves 1
75 Injury: other/multiple nerves 1
76 Early complications of truama 25
77 Injury: other, unspecified 82
78 Poisoning: drugs 0
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 1
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 0
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 0
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 1
98 Don 0
Sysmiss 10300
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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