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Table 1 Nature of reported injuries

From: Profiling the injuries of law enforcement recruits during academy training: a retrospective cohort study

Nature

Proportion of injuries (%)

95% CI

Incidence

Proportion of injuries—male (%)

95% CI

Proportion of injuries—female (%)

95% CI

Trauma to joints/ligaments

281 (49.47%)

45.38–53.57%

181.50

176 (48.09%)

43.02–53.20%

101 (52.06%)

45.06–58.98%

Injury to Muscle

150 (26.41%)

22.95–30.19%

98.77

97 (26.50%)

22.24–31.25%

51 (26.29%)

20.60–32.90%

Fracture

41 (7.21%)

5.37–9.65%

26.30

27 (7.33%)

5.12–10.52%

13 (6.70%)

3.96–11.12%

Contusion

38 (6.69%)

4.91–9.05%

24.37

26 (7.10%

4.89–10.20%

12 (6.19%)

3.58–10.50%

Superficial Injury

31 (5.46%)

3.87–7.65%

19.88

22 (6.01%)

4.00–8.93%

8 (4.12%)

2.10–7.92%

Dislocation

12 (2.11%)

1.21–3.65%

7.70

7 (1.91%)

0.93–3.89%

5 (2.58%)

1.11–5.89%

Concussion

10 (1.76%)

0.96–3.21%

6.41

7 (1.91%)

0.93–3.89%

3 (1.55%)

0.53–4.45%

Injury to Nerve

5 (0.88%)

0.48–2.04%

3.21

4 (1.09%)

0.42–2.77%

1 (0.52%)

0.09–2.87%

Total

568 (100%)

  

366 (100%)

 

194 (100%)

 
  1. Key: Incidence reported in cases per 1000 recruits per year of exposure to training. Columns may not add up to 100% due to rounding