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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 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 65
2 Fracture: neck, spine, trunk 87
3 Fracture: upper limb 110
4 Fracture: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 209
5 Fracture: hip, lower limb 264
6 Fractures: multiple 7
7 Fractures: unspecified 6
8 Dislocated: jaw 2
9 Dislocated: upper limb 45
10 Dislocated: wrist, finger, thumb 24
11 Dislocations: other, multiple 21
12 not valid code 0
13 Sprains/strains: upper limb 79
14 Sprains/strains: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 49
15 Sprains/strains: hip, lower limb 515
16 Sprains/strains: back, neck inc whiplash 575
17 Sprains/strains: other, unspecified 50
18 Concussion 62
19 Cereberal laceration, bruising, heam, bleeding 1
20 Unspecified head/brain injury 29
21 Internal injury: chest, heart, lung etc 7
22 Internal injury: abdominal organs 10
23 Internal injuries: other 15
24 Open wound: eye 40
25 Open would: ear, head, neck 181
26 Open would: trunk 4
27 Open wound: upper limb 32
28 Open wound: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 312
29 Open wound: hip, lower limb 86
30 Open wound: multiple/unspecified 50
31 Amputation: arm (above elbow) 0
32 Amputation: hand, fingers 7
33 Amputation: lower limb 1
34 Amputation: toes 0
35 Superficial injury: face, scalp, neck 5
36 Superficial injury: eye 47
37 Superficial injury: trunk 1
38 Superficial injury: upper limb 4
39 Superficial injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 28
40 Superficial injury: hip, lower limb 28
41 Superficial injury: other 4
42 Contusion: face, neck, scalp 40
43 Contusion: eye, eye socket 20
44 Contusion: trunk 64
45 Contusion: upper limb 24
46 Contusion: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 20
47 Contusion: hip, lower limb 70
48 Contusion: other 63
49 Crushing: face, neck, scalp 1
50 Crushing: trunk 4
51 Crushing: upper limb 1
52 Crushing: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 19
53 Crushing: hip, lower limb 5
54 Crushing: multiple/unspecified 0
55 Foreign body: on eye 47
56 Foreign body: in ear 1
57 Foreign body: in throat, windpipe, lung 3
58 Foreign body: mouth, digestive tract 1
59 Foreign body: rectum, anus, geni tract 1
60 Foreign body: other/unspecified 6
61 Burns only to: eye, eyelid, eye area 10
62 Burns only to: face, head, neck 10
63 Bruns only to: trunk 5
64 Burns only to: upper limb 17
65 Burns only to: wrist, hand, finger, thumb 35
66 Burns only to: hip, lower limb 24
67 Burns: multiple 3
68 Burns: unspecified 13
69 Injury: optic, cranial nerves 0
70 Injury: spinal cord 11
71 Injury: trunk nerves 7
72 Injury: upper limb nerves 0
73 Injury: wrist, hand, finger, thumb nerves 5
74 Injury: hip, lower limb nerves 3
75 Injury: other/multiple nerves 2
76 Early complications of truama 28
77 Injury: other, unspecified 340
78 Poisoning: drugs 0
79 Poisoning: chemicals, substances 2
80 Poisoning: gases, vapours, fumes 1
81 Poisoning: food 0
82 Poisoning: unspecified 0
83 Other, unspecified effects from ext causes 1
98 Dont know 1
99 Not answered 40
998 Dont know 0
999 Not answered 2
Sysmiss 7407
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE FULLY AND ENTER VERBATIM.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born in one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 41-42 at the time of NCDS6).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe);See documentation for further details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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