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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaccinje7
LabelMC:injuries received from 2nd most recent accident
Question text What injuries did you receive from this incident? Response 1.
Responses
1 Fracture: skull & face bones 86
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 58
3 Fracture: upper limb 79
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 179
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 200
6 Fractures: multiple 6
7 Fractures: unspecified 2
8 Dislocated: jaw 0
9 Dislocated: upper limb 36
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 16
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 21
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 26
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 39
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 386
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 346
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 26
18 Concussion 83
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 8
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 28
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 4
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 9
23 Internal injuries: other 9
24 Open wound: eye 37
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 156
26 Open would: trunk 12
27 Open wound: upper limb 32
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 282
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 75
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 65
31 Amputation: arm (above elbow) 0
32 Amputation: hand, fingers 8
33 Amputation: lower limb 1
34 Amputation: toes 0
35 Superficial injury: face, scalp, neck 12
36 Superficial injury: eye 26
37 Superficial injury: trunk 1
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 3
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 15
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 17
41 Superficial injury: other 9
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 24
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 15
44 Contusion: trunk 25
45 Contusion: upper limb 18
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 21
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 58
48 Contusion: other 59
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 0
50 Crushing: trunk 1
51 Crushing: upper limb 0
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 18
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 4
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 0
55 Foreign body: on eye 43
56 Foreign body: in ear 1
57 Foreign body: in throat, windpipe, lung 1
58 Foreign body: mouth, digestive tract 1
59 Foreign body: rectum, anus, geni tract 3
60 Foreign body: other/unspecified 3
61 Burns only to: eye, eyelid, eye area 6
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 7
63 Bruns only to: trunk 3
64 Burns only to: upper limb 16
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 23
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 12
67 Burns: multiple 2
68 Burns: unspecified 10
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 0
70 Injury: spinal cord 2
71 Injury: trunk nerves 3
72 Injury: upper limb nerves 1
73 Injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb nerves 3
74 Injury: hip, lower limb nerves 2
75 Injury: other/multiple nerves 3
76 Early complications of truama 23
77 Injury: other, unspecified 238
78 Poisoning: drugs 3
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 2
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 3
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 0
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 2
98 Dont know 3
99 Not answered 41
998 Dont know 0
999 Not answered 0
Sysmiss 8160
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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