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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaccinj35
LabelMC:injuries received from 6th most recent accident
Question text What injuries did you receive from this incident? Response 5.
Responses
1 Fracture: skull & face bones 0
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 0
3 Fracture: upper limb 0
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 0
6 Fractures: multiple 0
7 Fractures: unspecified 0
8 Dislocated: jaw 0
9 Dislocated: upper limb 0
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 0
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 0
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 0
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 0
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 0
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 0
18 Concussion 0
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 0
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 0
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 0
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 0
23 Internal injuries: other 0
24 Open wound: eye 0
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 1
26 Open would: trunk 0
27 Open wound: upper limb 0
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 0
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 0
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 0
36 Superficial injury: eye 0
37 Superficial injury: trunk 0
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 0
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 0
41 Superficial injury: other 1
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 0
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 0
44 Contusion: trunk 0
45 Contusion: upper limb 0
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 0
48 Contusion: other 0
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 0
50 Crushing: trunk 0
51 Crushing: upper limb 0
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 0
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 0
55 Foreign body: on eye 0
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 0
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 0
63 Bruns only to: trunk 0
64 Burns only to: upper limb 0
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 0
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 0
67 Burns: multiple 0
68 Burns: unspecified 0
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 0
70 Injury: spinal cord 0
71 Injury: trunk nerves 0
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 0
77 Injury: other, unspecified 0
78 Poisoning: drugs 0
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 0
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 0
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 0
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 0
98 Don 0
Sysmiss 11259
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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