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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaccinj25
LabelMC:injuries received from 5th most recent accident
Question text What injuries did you receive from this incident? Response 1.
Responses
1 Fracture: skull & face bones 20
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 13
3 Fracture: upper limb 17
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 32
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 36
6 Fractures: multiple 1
7 Fractures: unspecified 0
8 Dislocated: jaw 0
9 Dislocated: upper limb 10
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 5
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 7
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 4
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 5
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 78
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 27
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 3
18 Concussion 13
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 1
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 0
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 1
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 2
23 Internal injuries: other 0
24 Open wound: eye 3
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 37
26 Open would: trunk 2
27 Open wound: upper limb 8
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 49
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 13
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 19
31 Amputation: arm (above elbow) 0
32 Amputation: hand, fingers 1
33 Amputation: lower limb 0
34 Amputation: toes 0
35 Superficial injury: face, scalp, neck 1
36 Superficial injury: eye 8
37 Superficial injury: trunk 1
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 0
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 2
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 5
41 Superficial injury: other 5
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 3
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 2
44 Contusion: trunk 7
45 Contusion: upper limb 4
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 1
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 10
48 Contusion: other 15
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 0
50 Crushing: trunk 0
51 Crushing: upper limb 0
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 2
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 1
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 0
55 Foreign body: on eye 14
56 Foreign body: in ear 0
57 Foreign body: in throat, windpipe, lung 0
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 1
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 2
63 Bruns only to: trunk 0
64 Burns only to: upper limb 0
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 2
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 3
67 Burns: multiple 1
68 Burns: unspecified 4
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 0
70 Injury: spinal cord 0
71 Injury: trunk nerves 1
72 Injury: upper limb nerves 0
73 Injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb nerves 0
74 Injury: hip, lower limb nerves 0
75 Injury: other/multiple nerves 0
76 Early complications of truama 1
77 Injury: other, unspecified 38
78 Poisoning: drugs 1
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 0
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 0
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 1
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 1
98 Dont know 1
99 Not answered 17
998 Dont know 3
999 Not answered 0
Sysmiss 10696
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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